Shocking! Stray dogs eat infant’s body in Jeypore

Bhubaneswar: In a heart wrenching incident, stray dogs were found gnawing the body of an infant at Jeypore’s sub-divisional hospital here on Monday.

The body of the newborn boy was wrapped in a towel and  people, mostly attendants, first witnessed the gory scene near the ophthalmology department of the hospital.

It is suspected that the infant body’s was dumped after death by his parents.

The incident has triggered panic in the area as the stray dogs had consumed half of the body by the time police and other officials reached the spot.

Meanwhile, the remains of the dead body would be seized and sent for autopsy, official sources said.