Youth dies due to attack by stray dogs (symbolic photo)
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Jagran correspondent, Guruharsahay/Ferozepur. A young man died in an attack by stray dogs in village Chak Somiyan, whose body was found lying in a blood-soaked condition in a field in the village on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as 26-year-old Kulbir Singh, son of Dara Singh. There is an atmosphere of mourning and panic in the village after the incident. At the same time, questions are also being raised on the functioning of the administration.
According to the information, the young man had gone to attend a party organized at a house in the village on Lohri on Tuesday night. When he was returning home late at night, a pack of stray dogs attacked him on the way. To escape from the dogs, the young man ran towards the fields, where the dogs scratched him badly. In the morning, the villagers saw the blood-soaked body of the youth lying in the field, after which there was panic in the entire village.
On receiving the information, police and administrative officials reached the spot. After preliminary investigation, police said that the youth died due to attack by stray dogs. Deceased Kulbir Singh was the support of his family. His family consists of four brothers, one sister and parents. The sudden death of the young son has brought great sorrow to the family. Let us tell you that in the same village a month ago, stray dogs had attacked an innocent girl. At that time, due to the wisdom of the villagers, the girl's life was saved, but she had to be admitted in Faridkot Medical College Hospital in a critical condition for a long time. The villagers say that the administration did not take any concrete step in time on the increasing number of stray dogs, for which today a young man had to pay with his life. The villagers have demanded immediate strict action and a permanent solution from the administration, so that such painful incidents do not happen in future. More than 22 thousand cases of dog bites have been reported in the last five years in Firozpur district. While dogs killed 3,254 people in the year 2021, there have been 3,270 cases in 2022, 4,473 cases in 2023 and 5274 cases in the year 2024. More than 5,800 cases of stray dog bites have been reported in the year 2025. No campaign regarding animal birth control has been conducted in the district for the last several years. Some time ago, after the Supreme Court took a strict stand, a tender was floated by the Municipal Council Administration to run the sterilization campaign, but the tender did not materialize. Municipal Council's Sanitary Superintendent Sukhpal Singh says that since the tender for sterilization was floated, no agency has contacted him yet. He said that the problem of stray dogs would soon be solved in the city.