India, May 19 -- A five-year-old girl was severely injured after being mauled by pack of stray dogs as she was playing outside her residence in a Faridabad colony, police said on Monday. A neighbour has been booked for keeping the dogs in an unauthorised shelter inside her residential compound.

Police said that the incident took place between 9:30 - 9:45pm on May 15 right outside the entrance of her house. The victim, Lavanya Kumari, has suffered multiple deep bite wounds in her legs, waist and back from the attack, said police.

Police said the strays were being sheltered by a woman inside her residential compound just adjacent to the victim's house.

According to investigators, the girl's mother, identified as Shasha Chaudhary (27) rus...