Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar
A 76-year-old retired teacher was killed after nearly a dozen stray dogs attacked her on Wednesday,on August 28, during her morning walk in North Bengaluru,bringing the focus back to the menace of stray dogs.
Police identified the deceased as Rajdulari Sinha,a native of Bihar,who had come to Bengaluru recently after her daughter married an airman,Amit Kumar Singh.
Rajdulari Sinha was on her morning walk near her son-in-law’s residential quarters at the 7th residential camp,Air Force East,Jalahalli, around 6.30 a.m,when the incident occurred.
Senior officer told reporters,A pack of around 10 to 12 stray dogs pounced on her.In the attack that lasted a few minutes,the dogs bite her multiple times all over her body.
A resident noticed the victim, rushed to her help and alerted her family.The elderly victim sustained multiple grievous injuries and died on the way to the hospital,” said Saidulu Adavath,Deputy Commissioner of Police (North).
A passer-by,Harikrishnan, who witnessed the incident, posted on social media that he screamed for help on seeing the woman being attacked.
Another man arrived some time later and chased away the dogs.He“felt guilty”that he couldn’t help the woman himself due to a compound wall.“I shouted, and my family joined me.
Until a gentleman came,the dogs attacked.Jalahalli Air Force playground,Vidyaranyapura.I am guilty that I couldn’t help her because of the wall (sic),” he posted on X. He tagged Indian Air Force and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
Senior officials rushed to the spot and conducted a detailed probe.The gangammanagudi police have registered a case of un natural death for further investigation.
