Davanagere: Two Rottweiler dogs, abandoned by their owner, mailed a woman to death on the the outskirts of Davanagere, Karnataka. The owner of the dogs has been arrested.
Anita Kom was walking towards Honnur between 12:30 am and 2:30 am when she was attacked near the house of one Mallikarjuna, close to NH-48 under the jurisdiction of the Davanagere Rural Police Station, officials said.
Locals Honnuru Karibasappa and Mallikarjuna, who had gone to water their fields, spotted the dogs and attempted to chase them away. When the animals did not retreat, they immediately contacted emergency service 112.
The victim was rescued and shifted to C G Hospital, Davanagere, with the help of th
e police. She was later referred to Bengaluru for advanced treatment but succumbed to her injuries around 9 am while being transported, as reported by ANI.
The attack had left Anita with severe injuries to the face, hands and legs after the two Rottweiler dogs tore into her flesh.
The police launched an intensive search to trace the owners of the animals. After collecting intelligence from multiple sources, police apprehended 27-year-old Shailesh Kumar P, a resident of Devaraj Aras Layout.
Shailesh confessed during interrogation that he owned three Rottweiler dogs – Brado, Puppy and Hero. Two of them, Puppy and Hero, had recently turned aggressive. He told police he and his father-in-law had abandoned the two dogs near Honnur after being “fed up” with their behaviour. Despite being aware of the potential danger, he left them unattended, leading to the fatal attack on Anita.
A case has been registered under Sections 291, 105, and 106(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at the Davanagere Rural Police Station. Shailesh has been arrested and produced before the court.