Stray dog ‘attack’: 35-year-old man dies in hospital after paralysis

The Market department of the Surat Municipal Corporation caught five stray dogs from the area on Friday.

Ansari was a resident of the Bhandariwad area at Hodi-bungalow.

The incident occurred on October 24, when Ansari was walking back home after praying at his father’s grave in Haripura Kabristan.

Ibrahim’s elder brother, Aftab Ansari, who runs a printing press at Saiyedpura, said, “When Ibrahim was on his way home and passing through a narrow lane near his house, five stray dogs chased him. He ran to save himself, but lost balance and fell on the road, and his neck hit the silencer of a parked bike. The neighbours came out of the house and intimidated us. His entire body, starting from his chest, hands, abdomen and lower part of the body, got paralysed. He was undergoing treatment in Lokhat hospital at Rampura area and breathed his last on Thursday.”

He further added, “The stray dog menace has increased in our area, and we have complained to the SMC many times, but no action has been taken. If the SMC had impounded the stray dogs promptly, my younger brother would be alive today. He was working with me in the printing press and was unmarried.”

Talking to The Indian Express, Ravi Patel, Additional Superintendent, Market Department of SMC, said , “After the incident came to light, we have sent our teams to the Bhandariwad area today. We have impounded five stray dogs. On examination, we found the dogs were sterilised and vaccinated. It is the behaviour of the stray dogs to bark and run after the public. Daily, we get complaints from the citizens about the nuisance of stray dogs, and our teams are on their toes, catching the stray dogs from different areas in the city.”