Gwalior tragedy: 3-year-old boy dies after falling into borewell
While the rescue operations were still underway, a snake was spotted in the same borewell.
In Short
- 3-year-old, who fell into borewell,died today.
- Boy was rescued, taken to hospital where he was declared dead.
- Snake was spotted in same borewell while rescue ops were on.
A three year old boy, who fell into a borewell in Gwalior on Friday, died today.
He was rescued and was taken to a hospital today morning, where the doctors declared him dead.
Three year old boy who had fallen into a borewell in Gwalior(MP) and later rescued has been declared dead at the hospital; ANI (@ANI_news) 23 July 2016
Three year old boy who had fallen into a borewell in Gwalior(MP) has been rescued pic.twitter.com/je7FPS9Nch; ANI (@ANI_news) 23 July 2016
The boy, identified as Abhay Pachouri, had fell into a 150-feet deep borewell at Sultanpur Kheria village under Dabra tehsil in Madhya Pradesh on Friday.
SNAKE WAS FOUND IN THE BOREWELL
While the rescue operations were still underway, a horrifying news came today morning.
A snake was spotted in the same borewell.
Gwalior: Snake seen in the borewell in which a three year old boy had fallen yesterday, rescue ops are underway pic.twitter.com/bmVioVPqth; ANI (@ANI_news) 23 July 2016
The snake was seen via a camera which was lowered into the borewell to keep a watch on the child.
The boy had slipped into the borewell in an agricultural field on Friday evening and had got stuck at a depth of nearly 25 feet, the officials said.
EVERYBODY TRIED TO SAVE THE KID(22/7/16): Three year old boy falls into a borewell in Gwalior(MP), rescue operations continue pic.twitter.com/u6lVzyKLeD; ANI (@ANI_news) 23 July 2016
A parallel tunnel was dug to reach to the boy safely.
Adarsh Katiyar, Inspector General (IG) Gwalior, Adarsh Katiyar had said, "Efforts are on to rescue the child by deploying teams of local police, administration, BSF and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)," he said.
(22/7/16): Three year old boy falls into a borewell in Gwalior(MP), rescue operations continue pic.twitter.com/u6lVzyKLeD; ANI (@ANI_news) 23 July 2016
Eyewitnesses claimed that the boy fell into the borewell while returning home along with his grandmother and elder sister.
Earlier, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had expressed concern for the child.
In a tweet, he said, "Serious efforts are on by the rescue team to save the child. Doctors are also present at the spot and I pray for the long life of Abhay, who fell in a borewell in Kheria village."
(With inputs from PTI)
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