Eight-year-old boy mauled to death by stray dogs in Telangana’s Kazipet

An eight-year-old boy was mauled to death by stray dogs at the railway quarters in Kazipet

In a horrific incident, an eight-year-old boy was mauled to death by stray dogs at the Railway quarters in Kazipet of Hanamkonda district this morning.

The victim was identified as Chotu, the only son of a migrant couple from Uttar Pradesh.

The incident occurred at around 7 a.m. when Chotu went to attend nature’s call in the bushes near a park abutting the Railway quarters, where his migrant street vendors’ family, had stayed overnight.

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The boy suffered grievous injuries all over his body after two stray dogs attacked him. He screamed for help, but in vain.

The boy succumbed to the injuries on the spot.

Heart-wrenching scenes were witnessed at the incident site as the grief-stricken parents of the victim wept inconsolably over the tragic death of their only son.