MEERUT, May 9 -- A seven-year-old girl died on Tuesday in Saharanpur's Khatakhedi area, five days after being bitten by a stray dog and hours after receiving her second anti-rabies vaccine dose. Her family alleged rabies, while municipal corporation officials said tests on the animal did not confirm infection.

The deceased, identified as Zikra, daughter of Saddam, had gone out for tuition classes on the evening of May 1 when a stray dog allegedly bit her on the leg.

According to her uncle, Rehan Qureshi, the family immediately arranged for a tetanus injection and later took the child to the district hospital on May 2, where she received the first dose of the anti-rabies vaccine.

Hospital authorities scheduled the second dose for May 5,...