Playtime turns nightmare for 6-year-old as he loses ear in pitbull attack in Delhi

A six-year-old boy was severely injured after being mauled by a pet pitbull in north-west Delhi’s Prem Nagar, the police said on Monday, adding that the owner has been arrested. A Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) official said the dog, which bit off the victim’s right ear, had been shifted to an animal birth control centre in Najafgarh, where it will be kept permanently.

An officer said they received a PCR call at 5.38 p.m. on Sunday about a child being attacked by a dog and rushed to hospital by his parents.

“The boy was playing outside his home in Vinay Enclave when the pitbull suddenly emerged from a neighbour’s house and attacked him. The child suffered major injuries, including the loss of his right ear,” said the officer.