JAIPUR: A consumer court has directed the Jaipur Municipal Corporation ( JMC ) to pay Rs 10 lakh as compensation to a complainant, who had filed a case after death of a six-year-old due to injuries suffered when he was attacked by a pack of dogs in 2011.

The incident took place eight years ago, the boy, a resident of Taron Ki Koont , was attacked by three dogs.

Hearing the case, the district consumer forum has ordered that if the JMC is collecting house tax and other such taxes from the residents of the city, it is the responsibility of the JMC to save the residents from such attacks of street dogs . In its order, the district consumer forum has ordered JMC to give the compensation in two months.

Lawyer Devendra Mohan Mathur had argued the case for Manager Roy whose son was playing outside his house in May 2011. He was rushed to Sawai Man Singh Hospital, where he underwent treatment, but later succumbed to injuries.

He appealed in the consumer forum for holding JMC responsible for his son’s death. However, the JMC argued that it did not collect any sort of money from the people to catch the dogs.

