Official: Dog was not vaccinated

Stray dog attacks 2 children, 3 women

BENGALURU: Days after a pack of stray dogs mauled an 11-year-old boy to death in east Bengaluru , a dog on the rampage bit two children and three women in the western part of the city on Thursday morning.The stray bit a school-going boy before attacking a five-year-old girl, her grandmother and two other women in the next 30 minutes in Rajajinagar ’s Gubbanna Layout . The BBMP swung into action and caught the dog by 10am.Akash, 13, Saisiri and her grandmother RS Manjula, 51, were treated in hospital and are said to be out of danger. Identities of the two other women couldn’t be verified. The dog is under observation. A civic officer said the dog could be rabid because it has not been vaccinated.According to police, the dog bit Akash’s thigh and finger when he was walking towards St Mira’s High School in Rajajinagar VI Block around 8am. Autorickshaw drivers and passersby chased the dog away, and rushed the boy to the Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences.In 30 minutes, the dog returned to the school area and attacked Saisiri and Manjula, residents of Shankarappa Garden. The woman was escorting the grandchild to school when the dog pounced on them.Manjula tried to shield the girl, but was bitten on her right hand. The dog bit the girl on the back. The animal bit another woman and scampered away only to be caught by a BBMP team by 10am.Akash’s mother Selvi Krishna told TOI the stray dog menace in the area remains unaddressed despite complaints and said her son was lucky to escape with minor injuries. Manjula’s husband Ravi Kumar PL blamed BBMP for inaction. The woman has received seven stiches.Assistant director (animal husbandry) of the west zone, Dr Basavaraj, confirmed the dog has not been vaccinated and suspected it’s suffering from rabies. It was taken to the Chamarajpet Animal Birth Control centre later in the day.After a similar incident from the area a month ago, BBMP officials had caught the dog and found it was suffering from rabies. Mayor R Sampath Raj said they have been sterilizing and vaccinating dogs, and the drive will swiftly continue.