<p>The incident occurred at a poultry farm when the infant's mother Lakshmi left him alone in a room and went out to hand over a mobile phone to her brother after receiving a phone call, they said.<br /><br />As the room door was left open, a stray dog entered the room and tore apart the baby boy's face and neck, a police officer said adding by the time his mother came back she found the baby dead with the dog eating a portion of the face of the baby.<br /><br />Lakshmi raised an alarm and the stray dog attacked her before fleeing from the room. <br /><br />Lakshmi's parents and relatives later beat the dog to death, Vanasthalipuram Police said.<br /><br />"The baby was born to Lakshmi and Kumar who run a tiffin centre near the poultry farm and the couple was staying with Lakshmi's parents who work at the poultry farm," the police officer said.<br /><br />Vanasthalipuram police registered a case and were further investigating.</p>
<p>The incident occurred at a poultry farm when the infant's mother Lakshmi left him alone in a room and went out to hand over a mobile phone to her brother after receiving a phone call, they said.<br /><br />As the room door was left open, a stray dog entered the room and tore apart the baby boy's face and neck, a police officer said adding by the time his mother came back she found the baby dead with the dog eating a portion of the face of the baby.<br /><br />Lakshmi raised an alarm and the stray dog attacked her before fleeing from the room. <br /><br />Lakshmi's parents and relatives later beat the dog to death, Vanasthalipuram Police said.<br /><br />"The baby was born to Lakshmi and Kumar who run a tiffin centre near the poultry farm and the couple was staying with Lakshmi's parents who work at the poultry farm," the police officer said.<br /><br />Vanasthalipuram police registered a case and were further investigating.</p>