On Monday (February 16) at 9.30 pm, domestic help Biplab Kumar Kamat was walking outside the Ashraya building near the Raj Bhavan in Walkeshwar when suddenly a white dog bit him on his left thigh.

“Before I registered what had happened, the dog had disappeared. It happened very fast. I was fearful but gathered my wits and slowly made my way to the home,” said Kamat, 35, who lives in that building and works at some house in the same building.  Kamat’s employer, Prince Shah, who is a filmmaker, said, “When Kamat came for work, my wife was surprised that he had come in half an hour later than his usual time. However, we did not think too much of it.”