Four-year-old dies in borewell

Pankaj, a four-year-old boy who fell into a 250-foot deep borewell in Bhilwara district on Thursday, died on Friday as rescuers failed in their 22-hour efforts to save him.

“The boy was pulled out after about 22 hours of rescue operation in the evening and was rushed to hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead,” the police said.

“Doctors said the boy, who sustained serious injuries in the head and leg, had died in the borewell,” District Collector Manju Rajpal said.

The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon at Jahazpur village when Pankaj was playing near the borewell and fell about 22 feet into it. Rescuers dug a parallel pit and connected with the borewell through a tunnel in attempts to rescue him.