Stray dogs kill 10-year-old girl in Haryana

Sirsa, April 27: A group of stray dogs mauled a 10-year-old girl to death at Bahiya in Haryana's Sirsa district on Thursday.

Residents said that 11 dogs mauled Seema and even attacked one Daleep Singh, who tried to rescue the girl. Daleep had to run for his safety. "They were so aggressive that I had to run for at least 100 meters," he said.

The dogs attacked Seema near the fields where her family is employed as farm labourers.

"As we were working, she had ventured a little further to play. We could only hear screams of Seema and Daleep Singh. Though the dogs ran away after Daleep returned with a stick, Seema lay unconscious and had died," said Nanak Singh, Seema's father.

Sarpanch Harpal Singh said he would take up the case with the district administration so that villagers are allowed to kill stray dogs to prevent such incidents.

Inspector Chajju Ram said Seema's body has been handed over to the family after her post-mortem.