The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) has imposed a fine of Rs. 10,000 on the owner of the pet dog that bit a boy on Wednesday inside a housing society elevator in Greater Noida West of Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddha Nagar district.
This is the first time that GNIDA has imposed a fine of Rs. 10,000 on a dog owner for carelessness in keeping the pet dog. In addition to the Rs. 10,000 fine, the GNIDA also asked the dog owner, Kartik Gandhi, a resident of La Residentia Society in Greater Noida West, to pay the entire amount for the treatment of the dog bite victim.
In a notice sent on Wednesday to the dog owner, GNIDA medical officer Dr. Prem Chand directed him to deposit Rs 10,000 with GNIDA within seven working days.
If the fine is not deposited in GNIDA’s account within seven days and the treatment money is not paid, further action will be taken against the dog owner, for which he will be held personally liable, according to the notice.
The dog bite incident occurred due to carelessness in keeping the pet dog, the notice added.
In the case, the victim, a boy was bitten by a dog inside the elevator of La Residentia Society’s tower seven in Greater Noida on Wednesday.
This was the second incident in about two months of a dog biting a child in the lift in Uttar Pradesh’s national capital region.
