Visakhapatnam: A ten-year-old girl died after being attacked by a pack of stray dogs when on her way to fields with a flask of tea for her father D. Bodesh, in Srikakulam district on Thursday.
The dogs bit the girl with such severity that a nerve on her neck was damaged causing instantaneous death. The victim was identified as D. Spandana, a Class V student. The incident occurred around 7.30 am on the outskirts of Dallipeta under Ponduru police station limits.
Police said the dogs attacked the girl outside the village. The scene indicated that Spandana tried to resist before collapsing from the attack. To one else was at the spot at the time of the incident. Locals who noticed the girl lying unconscious rushed her to the hospital, where the doctors declared her dead.
“I am unable to understand, who should be blamed for the death of my daughter. She became a victim of stray dog menace due to the failure of local bodies,” said Mr Bodesh. TD legislator and government Whip Kuna Ravikumar and few others visited the family members of Span-dana to console them.
Sources said that this was the second instance of attack by stray dogs in the region. Four days ago, five-year-old Y. Yeshwanth Kumar of Mogalipadu in Palasa municipality was attacked by a dog while he was playing in front of his house.
