Seven-year-old boy dies of dog bite

DC instructed to inquire into the incident of death of a child due to dog bite

BHAKKAR:

A seven-year-old boy died after being bitten by a dog in Ada Barkatwala.

Abdul Razzaq, son of Muhammad Riaz, was returning home from school when he was bitten by a stray dog.

The incident led to a protest by the people against the departments responsible for clearing the area of stray dogs.

Residents of the area said that they had repeatedly drawn the attention of the departments concerned to this issue and had also lodged a complaint on the Citizen’s Portal.

They alleged that the departments concerned had lied with the higher authorities by saying that the area had been cleared of stray dogs.

The incident has created a tense atmosphere in the area, and parents are not allowing their children to leave home.

Read: Dog bite incidents on the rise in Rawalpindi

Meanwhile, Sargodha division commissioner Nabil Javed, while talking to reporters, said that he had ordered action against those responsible of negligence.

He said that Bhakkar deputy commissioner Imran Hamid Sheikh had been instructed to inquire into the incident of death of a child due to dog bite.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 3^rd, 2022.