Dog rips off 4-year-old girl's cheek, drags her by hair

March 10, 2013
Dhanapriya

Chennai, Mar 10: A stray dog dragged a four-year-old girl by the hair and ripped off a chunk of her cheek in a village near Guduvanchery on Friday evening. The dog allegedly bit four other children but neither the panchayat board nor the police have confirmed it. It was later killed by villagers. The girl, who was administered an anti-rabies vaccine at a private hospital and her blood samples sent for tests, is recovering at the Institute of Child Health in Egmore.
Dhanapriya Saravanan, an LKG student in a nearby government school, was walking down a street in Valli Nagar to buy a flavoured ice stick when a large brown dog attacked her. "It jumped and pushed me down and bit my cheek," Dhanapriya said at the ICH on Saturday, running a hand across the 3-cm-long stitches along her left cheek. She also said has not been able to chew her food.
Even as the child began screaming, the dog dragged her by the hair across the road. It also bit her twice on the scalp. Shopkeepers who heard her screams did not look up thinking it was a tantrum by someone. "A biker who first noticed her, thought a dog was dragging away a dead dog, till he heard her scream," said the child's grandmother, M Kaniammal.
The man alerted a painter and the two "chased the dog away," said the child's mother Seethalakshmi. "We took her to a private hospital where doctors gave an anti-rabies injection, a tetanus injection and bandaged her wounds. But the bleeding did not stop."
An ambulance took her to the Chengalpet government hospital before she was brought to the ICH around 11pm. Doctors shaved a small portion of her scalp to stitch an opening and put stitches on her cheek.
A staff member in the dog bite ward said the rabies test results were awaited. "We have advised them to stay for 21 days," she said.
The residents of the girl's village petitioned the panchayat office against the stray dog menace. "We have contacted Blue Cross to check for rabies in other dogs and take away the ferocious ones," said executive officer Palani of the Nandivaram Guduvanchery panchayat.

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July 19,2020

New Delhi, Jul 19: At least six people were killed and 20 injured when a bus overturned after colliding with a private vehicle at Agra - Lucknow Expressway in the wee hours of Sunday. According to initial reports, the bus carrying around 40 passengers toppled after hitting a stranded SUV at around 5 am, 122 km from Lucknow.

A police team reached the spot within a few minutes of the accident and rescued the injured with the help of locals. They were rushed to a nearby hospital. “Five passengers were killed on the spot while another died minutes after reaching the hospital,” Hindustan Times quoted Kannauj DSP Amarendra PD Singh as saying.

Around 20 other passengers have also sustained injuries who were admitted to the hospital, the police said. The bus had started from Bihar's Darbhanga and was en route to Delhi. "The private bus was coming from Darbangha and going to Delhi when it hit a car. Both the vehicles came down from the highway," a senior police official told news agency ANI.

Meanwhile, authorities are trying to ascertain the identity of the deceased. UP CM Yogi Adityanath expressed over the loss of lives and directed officials to ensure all help to the victims.

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January 28,2020

Nagpur, Jan 28: A 19-year-old woman was allegedly raped and an iron rod was inserted in her private parts by a man in the Pardi area here, police said on Monday.

The gruesome incident took place on January 21 and the accused, Yogilal Rahangdale (52), was arrested from Gondia district, they said.

The accused was working as a supervisor in a spinning mill where the woman was employed as a labourer, the police said.

The woman, her brother, the accused and another girl lived in rented accommodations in Pardi.

Inspector Sunil Chavan of the Pardi police station said that the woman's brother and her female friend had gone to their village on January 21 for some work.

As the woman was alone at home, Rahangdale attempted to rape her in the night. When she resisted, he stuffed a piece of cloth in her mouth, he said.

When she fell unconscious, the accused raped her and inserted an iron rod in her private parts, Chavan said, quoting from the complaint filed by the victim.

She narrated the incident to her brother on January 24 and they subsequently lodged a complaint with the police.

An offence was registered against the accused at the Pardi police station.

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May 6,2020

Bengaluru, May 6: Central Crime Branch Police have nabbed 71 people involved in various crimes taking advantage of Lock-down which prevents movement of people in the street and seized stolen properties worth about Rs 1.70 crore, official said on Wednesday.

Police said that in all 56 cases were booked. In all 17,312 duplicate Sanitisers, 2000 lts of Chemicals, 18,750 fake Masks, 270 Thermometers and two cars were seized from the arrested culprits.

During the raid godowns where rice and dal meant for free distribution during lock-down were robbed and stored were also seized.

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