Dhanbad’s own Mowgli has a penchant for dogs milk

Dhanbad July 25:Just similar to the story of Chotu Kumar,a starving boy in Jharkhand,Dhanbad has now a 10-year old mute boy,Mohit Kumar, who has accustomed himself to the diet of dogs milf since the age of four. He can be compared to Rudyard Kipling’s Mowgli

Even though he was weaned at two years, he developed this habit two years later at the age of four.All the stray bitches of Manaitand in Dhanbad recognize him.

This habit of his has his parents at their wit’s end.

Inspite of their repeated efforts, they have not been able to stop him off the dogs’ milk. This fear has also kept them from sending the 10-year-old lad to school.

Mohit who is the son of Subedar Singh,who sells fruit juices at a roadside eatery and  his mother Pinky Kumari works as a domestic help.

She said: “Once Mohit was playing with stray dogs outside their house and happened to suck on the breasts of a bitch.he has taken a liking to dogs milk.

Bitches of the area have also taken a liking to him and feed him whenever Mohit wants them to.”

Though Mohit is not allowed to step out of the house without their supervision, he gives the parents a slip and manages to flee sometimes. Neighbours complained that he was found sucking milk of stray bitches.That’s when they came to know about this habit of his.

He was not allowed to go to school because of this habit.

When he attempted to suck the milk of a bitch from another colony, he was bitten by her.

The parents were then forced to take him to Patliputra Medical College Hospital (PMCH) for treatment.

Mohit is now taking vaccine to avoid rabies, but no medicines have been prescribed to stop him from feeding on bitch’s milk.

A senior doctor of Central Hospital, Dr D K Singh says  “A female dog’s milk is not hazardous to human life, but the risk of rabies infection is always there.”