Hyderabad: A rabid cow gored a 65-year-old man to death and injured the deputy director of the Nehru Zoological Park and several others in Pahadishareef on Thursday. It took a lot of men, a team from the Pahadishareef police, 24 staffers of the CRPF, and Jalpally municipality officials to eventually immobilise and capture the animal.
The deceased, Khaja, 65, a local resident, was attacked by the cow that was running amok on the road before it ran away into a nearby bushy area. It later slammed into Dr M.A. Hakeem, the zoo deputy director, and ran over him, leaving him unconscious for a few minutes from the impact of the fall.
Speaking to Deccan Chronicle, Hakeem said the zoo received a call regarding the cow at about 1 pm, following which an eight-member team left for Sultanpur road, where the cow was reported to be.
“By the time we arrived, the cow had killed a man and injured half-a-dozen others. It took us an hour to search for the animal and the teams took…