Thane: Efforts are on to nab the three accused involved in the death of a girl due to a dog falling on her

Thane: More than a week after a pet dog fell on a four-year-old girl from the roof of a building in Thane, Maharashtra, leading to her death, efforts are on to trace three more accused in connection with the incident, police said on Tuesday. Police arrested the owner of the pet dog following the incident on August 6 and are looking for his father and siblings, who were involved in breeding dogs, an official said.

A girl was walking with her mother from the fifth floor of a building in Mumbra area when the dog fell on her, killing her. The girl was seriously injured after the dog fell on her. She was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared her dead. Police have registered a case against four members of a family under Section 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The girl’s mother, in her complaint, has alleged that the accused threw one of their dogs from the roof of the building, the official said. He said the accused were involved in breeding pet animals and investigation was underway to find out whether they had a licence from the municipal authorities.