Neighbours among four booked as teenager dies two months after dog bite in Ghaziabad
When Shavez was bitten by a dog, he initially did not disclose the incident to his family, out of fear, informing them only later.
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The accused family has denied any involvement. "These accusations are completely wrong. All of our pet dogs are vaccinated. We are being targeted for taking care of dogs," said Shivani Rathore, a member of the accused family.
Ghaziabad Police registered an FIR on Tuesday against four persons after a 14-year-old boy, Shavez, died on Monday due to rabies. Police officials said that a dog had bitten the boy around two months before.
Shavez lived in Charan Singh colony of Vijay Nagar Police Station area in Ghaziabad. An FIR has been registered under IPC sections 289 (negligent conduct with respect to an animal) and 304-A (causing death by negligence) against 4 people including members of a neighbouring family in the colony and another individual who works for dog welfare.
Meanwhile, the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (GMC) has also taken cognizance of the matter and issued a notice to the accused family. “It has come to our notice that you are keeping dogs in your house without authorisation…and you leave them in public… the neighbours are facing problems and fear dog bites and rabies,” reads the notice.
GMC further said in its notice that it is mandatory to carry out registration and vaccinate pet dogs. The notice asks the owner to provide registration details of the dogs, failing which the owners would face legal action and a fine of Rs 5000.
GMC Deputy Chief Veterinary, Dr. Anuj Kumar Singh, said a team had visited the accused’s family after the incident and checked the dogs’ vaccination records. “We found that the family has three pet dogs of Pomeranian breed…They have provided vaccination details…. They had also kept Indian breed dogs. We have asked them to provide details if these dogs were registered or not,” the official said.
He further said that the dogs being held responsible are healthy. “It is not clear which dog bit the child. WHO guidelines state that in case of rabies, the victim dies within a few days. However, in this case, the family said that the boy was bitten by the dog around 45 days before. The dogs are physically fine. We can know the actual cause of death after proper probe,” Singh said.
The accused family has denied any involvement. “These accusations are completely wrong. All of our pet dogs are vaccinated. We are being targeted for taking care of dogs,” said Shivani Rathore, a member of the accused family.
However, the deceased’s family alleged that the dogs were unvaccinated and neighbours’ complaints and fears about the dogs went unheeded.
When Shavez was bitten by a dog, he initially did not disclose the incident to his family, out of fear, informing them only later.
“… When we complained to the family, they said that the dogs are vaccinated and there was nothing to worry. We believed them. After some days, we saw saliva dripping off his mouth frequently, he was getting afraid of dogs and acting very unusually. We took him to a hospital where doctors said that he has been bitten by an unvaccinated dog and no treatment was possible, said Matlub Chaudhary, granduncle of the deceased, in his complaint.
“It was very painful, the doctors had advised us to keep our distance from the boy, as he was in the last stage,” said Chaudhary.
Nimish Patil, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Kotwali Nagar said: “… it came to light that the child was bitten by a dog about two months ago. He hid this from his family members…due to lack of treatment, the infection spread and the symptoms of rabies started appearing. Later…the child was being treated in hospital..and died. A case has been registered based on a complaint by family members.”
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