Telangana: Warangal cop bitten by dog while saving elderly woman

On Monday, a Warangal Traffic Police constable was bitten by a stray dog while attempting to save an elderly woman from an attack.

According to the Warangal Traffic Police, Sreenu, who was on duty at Battala Bazar in the afternoon, saw an elderly woman, Rajamma from Khammam, being attacked by a dog that had apparently gone on a biting spree.

“However, in his brave attempt to save Rajamma, Sreenu was badly injured and bitten by the dog. It then went on to bite 4 to 5 other people,” Warangal traffic police station house officer (SHO) G Babulal was quoted as saying.

According to the SHO, all victims of the attack were immediately taken to the MGM Hospital in Warangal for treatment.

Aside from Warangal, the state has seen an increase of stray dog attacks in recent years, with some proving fatal and claiming the lives of those involved.

This is the most recent in a long line of such incidents in Telangana. Several children have died and several others have been injured in stray dog attacks across the state in recent months. A child was mauled to death by a stray dog near the Kazipet railway quarters in Hanamkonda district last month.

A pack of stray dogs attacked the boy, who was sleeping alone beneath a tree. The unfortunate boy was unable to flee and died on the spot.

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Chotu, the victim, was identified as the son of migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh. On Thursday night, the family arrived at Kazipet railway station and slept in a nearby park.

The boy’s parents had left him behind to attend to nature’s call.When the parents returned, they were shocked to find the boy lying in a pool of blood. They rushed him to the hospital, but he had already died.