Overview
- Police identified the victim as Raju, a daily-wage worker from Amberhai in Dwarka who was originally from Sitapur district in Uttar Pradesh.
- CCTV reviewed by officers shows Raju fleeing a group of dogs into a park near A-Block behind St. Mary’s School in Sector 19, where he slipped and was mauled.
- He was taken to a hospital in critical condition and died during treatment; a post-mortem was completed and the body was handed to his family for last rites in Sitapur.
- Inquest proceedings have begun and footage is being examined, while the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has not detailed any assessment or capture of aggressive dogs in the area.
- Reports differ on his age, with accounts citing about 60 years or 45, and police say he had been living apart from his family and often slept on pavements or in parks.