Thiruvananthapuram: A 90-year-old man, who was attacked by a pack of stray dogs at Varkala on Wednesday morning, succumbed to his injuries.

The nonagenarian, Mundayil Charuvilaveetil Raghavan, was sleeping on the verandah of his son's house when a pack of six stray dogs pounced over him around 4 am. Raghavan received severe injuries on his head, face, neck and legs.

The neighbours, who witnessed the incident, had rushed him to Varkala Taluk Hospital. He was further referred to the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital.

After administering anti-rabies vaccine, he was given medical assistance at the casualty department. As his condition worsened, he was put on ventilator support at the surgical ICU.

Raghavan suffered cardiac arrests on two occasions and despite efforts from the doctors, he died around 3 pm.

The body has been shifted to mortuary and will be handed over to relatives after postmortem on Thursday.

Raghavan is survivied by his wife Chellamma, children Sushama, Sobha, Murali and Ammini.

This is the second such incident recorded in the state recently. At Pulluvila in Thiruvananthapuram, an aged woman was mauled to death by the dogs a few months ago.