Lucknow woman dies after being mauled by son's pet pit bull

A retired teacher in Lucknow, 82-year-old Sushila Tripathi, died after she was injured by a pitbull dog. The animal is her son's pet.

Amit, the victim's son, has two pet dogs - a Labrador and a pit bull - he has been raising for the past three years.

The Tripathis are residents of Kaiser Bagh's Bengali Tola area.


Brownie, the pit bull, was reportedly responsible for the teacher's death. The post-mortem revealed that she'd lost her life due to excessive blood loss caused by 12 severe wounds to her neck and abdomen.

The attack took place at 6 am, when the victim was home alone with the dogs. Neighbours heard Tripathi calling out for help at around the same time but could not get into the house as it was locked. She was found lying in a pool of blood by her son soon after and was rushed to Balrampur hospital.

What are the regulations for raising dogs?
The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) issued a manual named Swan License Control and Regulation Bye-law 2003 for raising pet dogs. The manual states that people who wish to keep dogs will have to get a license, which is only issued after adhereing to several conditions.

The manual further mentions that any person shall keep and bind his dog in such a manner that there are no objections or issues to the neighbour.

So far, 4,824 licenses have been issued in the city of Lucknow. Out of these 2,370 are for large breed dogs.