Girl mauled to death by stray dogs in Punjab's Hoshiarpur
Hoshiarpur (PTI): An eight-year-old girl was mauled to death by a pack of stray dogs in a village in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district on Wednesday morning, police said.
The deceased has been identified as Saloni, daughter of Pyare Lal, a native of Uttar Pradesh currently residing at Kharal Khurd village under Tanda police station limits.
The incident took place around 8.30 am when the girl had stepped out of her house before leaving for school. On the way, a pack of stray dogs surrounded her and mauled her brutally, police said.
When the child did not return home for a long time, her family members began searching for her and later found her lying in a pool of blood on the roadside.
She was rushed to the Community Health Centre in Tanda, where doctors declared her brought dead, they said.
On receiving information, the police reached the spot, took the body into custody and began investigating the incident.
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Telangana rains: Four farmers dead, three injured as sheds collapse in Mancherial
Karimnagar (Telangana) (PTI): Four farmers died, and three others were injured after tin-roofed sheds and dilapidated structures collapsed in two separate incidents in Mancherial district of Telangana, officials said on Wednesday.
The incidents occurred in two villages of Luxettipet mandal late on Tuesday night, when the farmers were taking shelter in the structures following heavy rain and strong winds.
According to officials, two people died when a shed caved in at Kothuru village.
In a separate incident in Gampalapalli village, two more persons died after another structure collapsed, police and district authorities said.
The three injured were shifted to a hospital in Karimnagar for treatment, police said.
Preliminary reports indicate that unseasonal rains accompanied by strong winds weakened the structures, leading to the collapses.
Authorities are assessing the situation, and further investigation is underway.
