Dog bites girl in city apartment, pet owner held

 Dog bites girl in city apartment, pet owner held

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Chennai:

04.01.2022

A nine-year-old girl suffered grievous injuries after she was attacked by a German Shepherd dog in Nolambur. The pet owner, a 43-year-old woman, spent four days in jail before being released on bail on Sunday.

V Saraswathi, a Class IV student was walking in DABC Mithilam, an apartment complex on Sriram Nagar Main Road on December 28 when the pet of another resident of the complex attacked her. The pet owner was walking the dog when it broke lose. Scared of the dog, Saraswathi ran, and the canine chased her, biting her more than a dozen times. The girl was taken to a nearby hospital.

Nolambur police registered a case and arrested Vijayalakshmi, the owner of the dog, the day after the incident.

Blue Cross helps cops with CCTV footage

Vijayalakshmi was booked under Section 289 of IPC (causing danger to human life due to an animal). Later a magistrate court granted her bail.

Police, quoting doctors, said the girl returned home from the hospital on Saturday. Meanwhile, Blue Cross of India volunteers provided police CCTV camera footage that showed the dog had chased and bitten the girl after she panicked and ran, and that Vijaya had rushed to the girl’s rescue. Police said the dog, which has been kept in a shelter, would be handed over to the corporation sanitary inspector on Tuesday for medical tests.