Child mauled by a pet dog in Ghaziabad
Tuesday | Jun 24 2025 | 12:39:15 PM
Tuesday | Jun 24 2025 | 12:39:15 PM
New Delhi, September 9
A 10-year-old boy was mauled by a pitbull in Sanjay Nagar area of Ghaziabad.
The police said that the owner of the dog, Lalit Tyagi had taken it for a walk in a park in the evening when it escaped and attacked the child.
The incident was captured in the CCTV footage. As per the footage of the incident, the dog knocked down the child before mauling him. The child was later rescued by the nearby people.
The owner was also fined for not registering the pitbull. The municipal corporation also fined the owner of the dog.
The police said that Tyagi had taken his pitbull for a walk in the Sanjay Nagar park, adding it was due to his negligence that the dog suddenly attacked and severely injured the child, who was hospitalised.
The police have registered a case under sections 324 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 289 (negligent conduct with respect to animal) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
