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Mystery creature strikes at
over 50 places in Delhi

Personnel of the Delhi and armed police laid a virtual siege on east and north-east Delhi to nab the "mystery creature", suspected to be a wild animal, as it struck at about 50 places on Monday night, injuring 16 people, causing panic among residents and baffling authorities.

Several companies of the Delhi Armed Police have been deployed with district police forces and personnel have been positioned on rooftops in vulnerable areas to catch the "creature", which struck at over 65 places in Delhi since Saturday, Joint Commissioner of Police Suresh Roy told PTI.

He said 29 distress calls were received from north-east Delhi since Monday night, of which 12 attacks were confirmed, while none were confirmed out of the 17 calls from east Delhi.

The "creature", which usually scratches and bites its victims sleeping on rooftops, struck at two places at Gokulpuri early Tuesday, while in Ashok Nagar, a pregnant women fell down from the staircase apparently out of fear.

Roy said the doctors have said the bite marks of a victim appeared to be caused by an animal and the case has been referred to veterinary doctors for verification.

Police have also started registering cases of trespassing, attacking and causing injury against the "creature", which had spread terror in neighbouring Ghaziabad town of Uttar Pradesh over the last two months.

The short, dark and hairy creature with human legs and an ape-like face, scratches and even bites people sleeping on their roof-tops, injuring them on their heads and hands and disappearing as soon as people try to catch it.

PTI

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