Kanpur: A nine-year-old boy was bitten by a stray dog while playing outside his home in Pokharpur, Jajmau, at around 11.30 am on Sunday.The victim, Irshad, son of tannery worker Tajir Husain, was playing with two other children when a dog pounced on him from behind and bit him on the hip. Soon, six to seven dogs surrounded him. The other children fled after hearing his screams.Residents rushed to the spot after hearing the commotion and drove the dogs away with sticks. Irshad’s family took him to Kanshiram Hospital, where he was treated and later discharged.The incident has sparked fear among residents, who have demanded that the Nagar Nigam launch a campaign to capture stray dogs.Several dog attacks have been reported in Kanpur over the past three months. In some areas, packs of dogs have surrounded and bitten children, while an elderly person died in another incident.On Saturday morning, in the same area, a pack of dogs attacked and injured a tailoring worker, leaving him with nearly a dozen bite wounds across his body.
