Hyderabad, March 27 In a shocking incident, a four-year-old boy lost his eye after being attacked by a stray dog in the Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district of Telangana, police said on Friday.
The incident occurred when the boy was playing outside his home in the Bhuvanigiri town on Thursday evening. The attack caused one of his eyeballs to dislodge and fall to the ground.
The boy, who has been admitted to a hospital in Hyderabad, is out of danger, and his other eye remains unaffected, police said.
Congress MP from Bhongir, Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy, spoke to the district Collector and other officials and instructed them to take steps to prevent such incidents.
Reddy also spoke to the boy's father and said the government would bear the cost of treatment.
The boy is undergoing treatment at two private hospitals in Hyderabad, he said in a statement.
He urged municipal officials to take measures to control the stray dog problem, and stated that the Supreme Court has favored the enactment of an "animal birth control" legislation.