gurugram an 11yearold boy was seriously injured earlier this week after his neighbours bullmastiff attacked him biting at his head the boy was rushed to civil hospital with a head injury and later referred to safdarjung hospital after the boy was discharged on thursday his father lodged a complaint against the dog owner at shivaji nagar police station which lodged an fir under section 289 negligent conduct with respect to animal according to the complaint filed by ranjit mishra originally from madhubani in bihar who lives with his family in heera nagar colony and works with a private company my son amit kumar was playing outside at around 8pm when my neighbour rakesh kumar let his dog loose on him the dog is of a ferocious breed it pulled my son down to the ground and mauled him biting his head several times eventually passersby fetched sticks and shooed it away to save my child who i then rushed to hospital i know its the dogs nature to be ferocious the person who pets such a dog should be held responsible it was the owner who put my childs life in danger he could have died i want strict action we shouldnt be paying for somebody elses pet said mishra were probing the case the boy a class 5 student is stable and was discharged from hospital the accused will be arrested soon said subinspector rajender kumar the investigating officerdog owner rakesh kumar who is a fruit stall vendor claimed the pet had somehow slipped out from his house the dog has been with us for the last two years we bought it as a onemonthold pup for rs 22000 normally it is a quiet animal so the incident was unexpected and unfortunate i sent him immediately to my relatives place in delhi he said