Woman gored to death by bull in Unnao village

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Kanpur:A 50-year-old woman was gored to death by a stray bull in Unnao’s Singhupur village of Bichhiya block on Wednesday morning. Angry over the incident, villagers allegedly attacked the bull with sticks killing the animal on the spot.
They then locked a herd of stray cattle in a basic school and created ruckus and demanded authorities of prompt solution to the issue of stray cattle in that area not only causing crop loss, but also putting the lives of locals in danger.
Alleging that the district administration had failed to reign in the menace of stray cattle, they demanded compensation for the victim Guddi’s family.
Police said the victim, identified as Guddi, was living with her married daughter and son-in-law in the village after the death of her husband Tejpal.
On Wednesday morning, Guddi was gored by a bull. She sustained critical wounds and died at the spot. Following the incident, villagers herded stray cattle in a school and started creating ruckus.
Senior district and police officials besides education department officers rushed to the school and tried to pacify the villagers. They asked the villagers to clear the school premises of the cattle. When the villagers declined, additional police force had to be called in to control the situation and the cattle were later moved out.
Circle Officer (City) Gaurav Kumar Tripathi said, “The incident took place while the victim had gone to her farms to guard the crops. While she was returning home, she came across two bulls engaged in a fight. One of the bulls suddenly attacked her and she died on the spot. The crowd attacked the animal with sticks killing it on the spot.”
District magistrate Ravindra Kumar told reporters that “instructions have been given to the concerned department to capture and send stray cattle to city ‘gaushalas’. We are also seeing if necessary compensation could be released in this regard.”
Sensing gravity of the situation, cattle catching drive was launched in the area.