Woman mauled in the face by stray dog on Gubbi court campus; 4 kids and elderly man attacked in Chitradurga villages

TUMAKURU, DAVANAGERE: A woman was badly mauled in the face by a stray dog on the Gubbi court campus on Saturday. She was rescued by bystanders who also beat the dog to death.

The woman, identified as Gangubai who hails from Gubi, was attending court and was coming out of the restroom when a stray dog repeatedly attacked her in the face, leaving her badly bruised and bleeding.

Hearing her screams, bystanders rushed to her aid and later beat the dog to death. With blood flowing down her face, Gangubai was administered preliminary treatment at the taluk hospital and later shifted to Bengaluru.

In Mavinakote and Sasvehalli of Honnali taluk, stray dogs have attacked four children and an aged man over the last few days. All the injured were shifted to McGann hospital in Shivamogga.

While the elderly man and three children belong to Mavinakote, one child belongs to Sasvehalli. The villagers have warned of laying siege to the gram panchayat office if immediate measures to curb the stray dog menace are not taken.