Udupi: A six-year-old girl was mauled by a group of 7-8 dogs, at Malpe beach on Saturday July 20.She was critically injured and was immediately rushed to a hospital.
The girl is identified as Soundarya (6). She is the daughter of Prakash and they are residents of Malpe.
Sources say that the girls mother was there at the beach ,monitorig the fishing activity and her daughter was also there with her. Out of nowhere a sudden bunch of (7-8) dogs attcked the girl.
Thankfully the locals Babu the Salian, Shashidhar Kunder and Suresh Maidan , who were near by saw this and rushed to save the girl from theclutches of the dogs.
It was learnt from the locals that there are hundreds of stray dogs on Malpe beach that keep running around and cause fear among the visitors to the beach. Two days ago, a dog had attacked a police constable too. They also urged the district administration to take immediate steps to control the dog menace.