Four stray dogs, suspected of mauling to death an elderly person in Dwarka, were picked up and sent to an Animal Birth Control (ABC) centre in Najafgarh, a senior Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) official said on Saturday.
The official said a complaint about a dog attack was received on January 8. “We sent a dog-catching team later that afternoon and picked up two dogs near the park. On January 9, two more dogs were caught,” the official said. All four dogs were found to be “vaccinated” and in “normal condition”.
The official said the dogs were also sterilised and showed “no signs of aggression”. “We don’t plan to release the dogs immediately. They will be kept under observation for at least 10 days. For now, they are not displaying aggressive behaviour and are, in fact, reported to be very friendly,” the official said.
Raju, a 60-year-old man, was attacked by a pack of dogs in Dwarka Sector 19 and died from his injuries. Police said Raju had been living on the streets in Dwarka for over a year. At the time of the incident, he was intoxicated and lying on a footpath. He is survived by his wife and three children.
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