Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday met with the family of a two-year-old girl who was mauled to death by a pack of stray dogs in the Dhobhi Ghat area of New Delhi’s Tughlaq Lane. Kejriwal said New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) officials have been directed to solve the problem of stray dogs immediately.
“A two-year-old girl was killed in an attack by some stray dogs in Dhobi Ghat area of New Delhi Assembly constituency on Saturday… Today I met the family members of the deceased girl. Stray dogs roaming freely in residential areas is a very serious matter,” he said in a post in Hindi on ‘X’.
नई दिल्ली विधानसभा के धोबी घाट इलाके में शनिवार को कुछ आवारा कुत्तों के हमलों में दो वर्षीय एक बच्ची की मौत हो गई थी। आज मृतक बच्ची के परिजनों से मिला। आवारा कुत्तों का खुलेआम रिहायशी इलाक़ों में घूमना बेहद गंभीर मामला है। NDMC अधिकारियों को निर्देश दिए हैं कि इस समस्या का तुरंत… pic.twitter.com/xZ7FHuqXsQ— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) February 26, 2024
“NDMC officials have been instructed to solve this problem immediately. Safety of children and local people is very important,” Kejriwal added.
The incident occurred around 6 pm on Saturday. The child was sitting outside her home when four to five dogs attacked her, dragged her for several metres and mauled her. The child’s body was handed over to her family members after an autopsy and an investigation has begun, officials said.
A senior New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) official earlier told .
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