India, Aug. 10 -- A national-level para-athlete died after being bitten by a dog in Odisha's Bolangir.

The dog allegedly attacked six people on July 23, and also some students on their way to school, after it went on a biting spree, NDTV reported. The injured were then rushed to the Bolangir district headquarters hospital, and were eventually referred to Burla.

Among those attacked, para-athlete Jogendra Chhatria (33), and Hrushikesh Rana, 48, succumbed to their injuries on Saturday (July 9) while undergoing treatment at the hospital.

The Centre last month said that more than 37 lakh cases of dog bites and 54 suspected human rabies deaths had been reported in 2024, PTI reported.

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