Nakodar, July 11: A three-and-a-half year old boy was badly mauled by stray dogs in a village in the district.
The child identified as Dukhan was playing near the fields, where his father Balesar, a migrant labourer was working and suddenly as many as ten stray dogs attacked him, sources said adding that when the labourers noticed the incident.
After the father raised the alarm and others rushed to their help, the dogs fled. The dogs had eaten up one ear of the child while there were several deep injuries on his throat, skull, stomach and thighs.
The child was immediately rushed to a nearby private hospital, from where he was referred to Civil Hospital, Jalandhar.
-PTI