Overview
- A solitary stray entered a Vellarakkad home on Thursday evening, fatally mauling bedridden Karthiyani, 84, and injuring her 60-year-old son Devadasan.
- Residents tracked the dog around 2 a.m. Friday and killed it, and veterinarians later confirmed it was rabies-infected.
- A post-mortem found the woman died from a bite to the neck, and Erumapetty police registered a case of unnatural death.
- Police said the dog also bit three other people and three dogs; the health department gave anti-rabies shots to the injured and placed the animals under observation.
- The son was treated at Thrissur Medical College Hospital and discharged, as residents and associations pressed local bodies for urgent, practical controls on strays.