Pic of judge Rajendra Kumar

LUCKNOW: A senior judge of Allahabad High Court was critically injured after a bull threw him off his two-wheeler in Gomtinagar on Sunday, the seventh similar attack in two months begging for urgent measures to herd away stray animals from city arteries.

According to police, Justice Rajendra Kumar, a resident of Betwa Apartment in Gomtinagar, was on his way to a salon around 11am when he was attacked.

“Near Gate 7 of Janeshwar Mishra Park, the bull hit the judge’s two-wheeler. He lost control and fell on the road, receiving serious head injuries,” said Gomtinagar station house officer RS Sonkar.

Passers-by informed police and called an ambulance. He is currently admitted to the intensive care unit of Ram Manohar Lohia hospital .

SHO Sonkar said a complaint had been lodged by Ashutosh Kumar Singh, the protocol officer of the judge. “On the basis of the complaint, we have registered a case of negligence against unidentified persons,” he added.

On April 23, a city trader died of injuries sustained in a stray bull attack near SGPGI in Vrindavan Yojana.

While hearing a case, the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court had also pulled up Lucknow Municipal Corporation for its shoddy cattle management in the city. The court had asked the civic authorities to come up with a concrete plan to end the stray cattle menace.

The state government too had, in January, directed the LMC to free the city of stray cattle problem in 100 days. The deadline has long expired, but local residents say nothing has changed.

Manish Agnihotri who owns a studio near Gomtinagar said cows, bulls and dogs charge at commuters without provocation on a daily basis. “Accidents happen with chilling regularity because roadside vegetable stalls invite hungry and stray animals,” he added.

