In a shocking incident, a seven-month-old baby boy was mauled to death by street dogs in Madhya Pradesh\u2019s Bhopal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to officials, after the video of the incident went viral on social media platforms, the police and administration took cognizance of the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The horrific incident took place on Wednesday in the Ayodhya Nagar area of the city, as per the official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Saturday, police exhumed the baby\u2019s body, which the kin\u2019s family buried the same day of the incident and sent it for post-mortem. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police Inspector Mahesh Nilhare of Ayodhya Nagar police station told a news agency that the baby belonged to a family of labourers. Before the incident, his mother placed him on the ground as she had some work nearby, a group of dogs bit the child and dragged him away, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Furthermore, officials added, people in the nearby area raised alarm, but it was too late as the dogs had disfigured and severed an arm of the infant, killing him on the spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The child’s family, who are from Guna district, buried his body in a village near Bhopal, according to his statement. He further informed that the police would initiate an FIR regarding the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, a district official announced that the boy’s family has received Rs 50,000 in financial assistance from the administration, and another Rs 50,000 will be given shortly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Bhopal Municipal Corporation has apprehended eight stray dogs in the Ayodhya Nagar region, after being instructed by the district collector to organise a campaign for capturing stray dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In April 2023, a village in Moradabad district witnessed the tragic death of a seven-year-old boy mauled by street dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to reports, the deceased minor, identified as Savendra Kumar, had gone out, along with his elder sister, to serve tea to their parents who were working at a farm when the siblings were surrounded by a pack of stray dogs en route.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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