BAHAWALPUR: A minor girl was mauled by two pet dogs of a man at Basti Jalalabad at Daipailwala village in the limits of Lodhran Saddar police station on Sunday.

According to a police spokesman, the complainant,Abdul Aziz alleged that pet dogs of a village resident, Ghulam Yasin, had been left unchained in the area.

He said his daughter, Alia (8), went in the street, where the two pet dogs mauled her, inflicting wounds on her legs and head.

He said the girl was rushed to hospital for medical aid.

Acting on the complaint, the police registered an FIR (No59/25) against the owner of dogs under section 289 of the PPC and arrested him.

Meanwhile, Saddar police, Kahrorepucca, arrested one Asif under Telegraphic Act for making a hoax telephone call to police regarding the theft of his motorcycle and lodged him in locleup.

ANTI-ENCROACH MENT DRIVE: Commissioner Ms Musarrat Jabeen has directed the administrations of three districts, Bahawalnagar and Rahimyarkhan and Bahawalpur to launch antiencroachments and anti-graffiti campaigns in their respective jurisdictions.

She issued the ordered while presiding over a meeting of DCs, chief officers of municipal committees and ACs of the division here on Sunday.