- Arrests consequent to victim’s mother filing a complaint alleging negligence of duty
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Sriram, assistant director of Mahadevapura Zone, Arun Mutalik Desai, a senior inspector of the Animal Husbandry Department of the BBMP, and Ravishankar, a BBMP contractor, were arrested for alleged negligence that led to the incident.
Incident
On August 29, after leaving the school, the class 6 student identified as Praveen, his elder brother and another boy were playing near the Vibhutipura lake when the dogs chased them. While two of the boys managed to escape, Praveen ran towards the lake area, but the dogs attacked and bit him. The boy sustained several injuries, including damage to his food pipe. “He is in hospital and his condition is critical,” said the police.
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The aftermath
Praveen’s mother, Murugamma, filed a complaint with the police which registered an FIR. In her statement, Murugamma accused BBMP of being lax in attending to the problem of stray dogs in her neighbourhood.
Consequently, the police booked the three civic officials under Section 289 (negligent conduct with respect to animal) and Section 338 (causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others).