5-year-old boy injured in dog attack in Delhi

New Delhi: A five-year-old boy was allegedly bitten by a neighbour’s pet dog in Shahdara’s Geeta Colony area, police said on Monday.

The victim Muhib Khan had to undergo a surgery but is said to be stable, they said.

According to police, around 7.30 pm on Saturday, the boy was playing in his house



in Sarojani Park, Shastri Nagar area of Geeta Colony here when a neighbour’s pet labrador entered the house and attacked him.

He was rescued by family members in the house and was rushed to Lok Nayak Hospital, a senior police officer said. The dog attack fractured the boy’s left arm and he had to undergo a surgery for it.