Derry has witnessed several bite incidents, particularly by pit bulls, in recent weeks (representative)
New Delhi:
In yet another dog attack in the national capital, a seven-year-old girl was injured by her pet pit bull in Shahadra's Jagatpuri area, police said today.
Police said the girl was playing outside her home on Friday night when she was suddenly attacked and dragged by a dog, before being rescued by neighbors.
The girl was taken to the hospital by her mother, where her condition was said to be out of danger, the police officer added.
Police recorded a statement from the girl's mother and scanned CCTV footage from the scene to confirm the sequence of events.
A case has been filed against the dog's owner, Shivanand Bhaskar, under sections 289 (negligent act towards animals) and 337 (injury caused by act endangering life or personal safety of another) of the Indian Penal Code. Police announced that an investigation has been launched.
Several incidents of biting have been witnessed in Delhi in the past few weeks. Last week, a two-year-old girl was allegedly attacked and killed by a pack of stray dogs in central Delhi's Tughluq Road area. On February 15, an autorickshaw driver was punched by a man and bitten multiple times by his dog after he asked the owner to keep his pet on a leash.
On January 22, a two-year-old girl was allegedly attacked by her dog in northeast Delhi's Vishwas Nagar. A day earlier, a seven-year-old boy was injured after being allegedly attacked by a pit bull in northwest Delhi's Mahendra Park area.
In the Shahabad dairy area, a seven-year-old girl was allegedly attacked by an American bully while playing near her home. In yet another incident, a pit bull allegedly snatched an 18-month-old child from his grandfather's lap and hit him with a snatch in the Uttarakhand colony of Burari.
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