A 14-year-old boy who was bitten by a dog over a month ago and hid the incident from his parents died of rabies on Monday evening.

Shahvaz, a student of class 8, died when he was being brought back to Ghaziabad from Bulandshahr, where he was taken for treatment after his condition deteriorated, police said.

He was bitten by his neighbour’s dog one-and-a-half months ago but hid it from his parents out of fear, the police added.

He contracted rabies, started behaving abnormally, and stopped eating on September 1. On being asked, he told his family members that he had been bitten by their neighbour’s dog.

Shahvaz’s family took him to government hospitals in Delhi, but he was not admitted there. The family told the police that they took him to an ayurvedic doctor in Bulandshahr for treatment. The boy died when he was being brought back to Ghaziabad in an ambulance.

A complaint has been lodged in the matter, and action will be taken against the dog owner, police said.