Meerut, May 25 -- An 11-year-old girl was mauled to death by a pack of stray dogs while returning from a field in Shahjahanpur district on Sunday. The child suffered multiple deep bite wounds on her neck and body and later succumbed to her injuries during treatment at a government medical college.

The incident took place around 7am near the charging station point area in Kakra locality. According to officials and family members, Naeem, a daily wage labourer and farmer, had gone to a field with his daughter Sawaliya to fetch vegetables. He later sent the girl home to call her brother Ikram.

As the child walked some distance away from her father, a pack of around five to six stray dogs suddenly attacked her. The dogs reportedly bit her ne...