Muzaffarnagar:
A 70-year-old woman died after being attacked by a pack of stray dogs at Kachi Garhi village
in Muzaffarnagar, police said today.
The incident occurred yesterday when Chatro Devi went to a local market to buy wheat and suddenly a pack of stray dogs attacked her, they said.
Gram Pradhan Shamim Ahmad said that the villagers had tried to rescue her but the woman succumbed to her injuries on the spot.
Police said that incidents of attacks by stray dogs have been on the rise in the area and remedial actions like anti-rabies injections have been provided to more than 3000 people in the district during the last four months.