<p>Palakkad, Kerala: A sixth standard student was bitten by a stray dog inside her classroom in a school at Mannarkkad in this north Kerala district on Monday.</p><p>The girl's father told a TV channel that he had dropped his daughter off at school in the morning.</p><p>Subsequently, when her first class of the day began, the stray dog ran into the room and bit her.</p>.<p>The incident occurred around 10.30 am, he said.</p>.<p>For the last two weeks, there has been a stray dog nuisance in the area and in the past two days, rumours of a rabid dog had created a panic there, he claimed.</p><p>'That is why I dropped her off by car. My house is nearby and my daughter usually walks to school. Thanks to the intervention of the teacher, serious injuries were avoided,' he said.</p><p>While he claimed that the dog had bitten others in the area, police said there were no reports of the same.</p><p>Police also said the dog in question has not yet been caught. </p>
<p>Palakkad, Kerala: A sixth standard student was bitten by a stray dog inside her classroom in a school at Mannarkkad in this north Kerala district on Monday.</p><p>The girl's father told a TV channel that he had dropped his daughter off at school in the morning.</p><p>Subsequently, when her first class of the day began, the stray dog ran into the room and bit her.</p>.<p>The incident occurred around 10.30 am, he said.</p>.<p>For the last two weeks, there has been a stray dog nuisance in the area and in the past two days, rumours of a rabid dog had created a panic there, he claimed.</p><p>'That is why I dropped her off by car. My house is nearby and my daughter usually walks to school. Thanks to the intervention of the teacher, serious injuries were avoided,' he said.</p><p>While he claimed that the dog had bitten others in the area, police said there were no reports of the same.</p><p>Police also said the dog in question has not yet been caught. </p>