In a tragic development, eight-year-old Tanmay Sahu, who was trapped in a borewell in Madhya Pradesh's Betul district died on Saturday after he was pulled out after four days of rescue efforts, ANI reported. Sahu fell into the 400-feet borewell on the evening of December 6, and the rescue operation started shortly after.
#WATCH | Madhya Pradesh | 8-year-old Tanmay Sahu who fell into a 55-ft deep borewell on December 6 in Mandavi village of Betul district, has been rescued. According to Betul district administration, the child has died pic.twitter.com/WtLnfq3apc
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State Disaster Response Force, Home Guard and local police personnel were involved in the rescue operation. Sahu's body was taken to the Betul district hospital as family members protested. “Give me my child, whatever it may be. Would it have taken so much time even if it was a child of a leader or an officer?,” Sahu's mother said during the long-drawn rescue efforts, ANI reported.
"We immediately rushed to the spot. He was breathing, and we listened to his voice as we inquired. The rescue operation started from 6 pm onwards on December 6," the boy's father had said.
The boy was playing in the field when he fell into the borewell. He was stuck at a depth of 35 ft to 40ft, and a parallel tunnel was dug as part of the hectic efforts to rescue him.
