A stray dog attack inside the Bengaluru University campus on Tuesday left two female students injured, one of them battling for life in the ICU.
The incident occurred around 11 am, targeting Soujanya G J from Haveri and Rega Nikshitha from Telangana—both in their third year of the integrated MSc in economics programme at Dr B R Ambedkar School of Economics University. Soujanya suffered severe injuries and is undergoing intensive care at a private hospital, while Rega is receiving treatment for less serious wounds.
The attack happened just a day after the Supreme Court issued firm directives to civic authorities in Delhi-NCR to capture, sterilise, and relocate stray dogs to permanent shelters. The court warned that obstructing these measures would attract legal consequences and emphasised the urgent need to control dog bite and rabies cases.
A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan instructed that stray dogs be removed from sensitive areas without delay, even suggesting the creation of a dedicated force to ensure safer public spaces. The judges clarified that the move was for public safety, stressing that no emotional sentiment should hinder action.
Highlighting the risk to vulnerable citizens, particularly children, the court stated that “infants and young children, not at any cost, should fall prey to rabies.” The order calls for measures that reassure citizens they can move freely without the fear of stray dog attacks.