A herd of stray dogs mauled a six-year-old girl at Kakamanu village, about 10 km from this tobacco city of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday.
According to police, the deceased, Sk Kausara, was attacked by nearly 10 stray dogs while she was going to meet her mother in nearby fields. The dogs bit her on legs, stomach, head and face. The profusely bleeding victim was immediately shifted a hospital, where she succumbed to dogs bites.
Furious with the death of girl, large number of villagers organised a darna on Guntur-Kakumanu road along with the body. Top police and revenue officials rushed to the village to pacify the agitating villagers. Large number of vehicles got stranded on either side of the road following road blockade.
The Kakamanu village, where the incident took place, falls in the Prathipadu Assembly constituency which is represented by Social Welfare minister R Kishore Babu.
Speaking to media persons, village Sarpanch Madhdusudhana Rao said that he had brought a dog catcher team from Mangalagiri few months ago. The villagers complained that similar incident took place few months ago however the victim was rescued from a hard of dogs. (INN)