MP: Boy who fell into borewell in Guna dies

Bhopal: A 10-year-old boy, who fell into a 140-feet borewell in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna district, lost the battle for life despite hectic efforts by multiple agencies for 16 hours to save him, officials said on Sunday.

The boy, Sumit Meena, slipped into the open shaft of the borewell at around 5 pm on Saturday in Pipliya village under Raghogarh assembly segment, located 50 km from the Guna district headquarters.

He was unresponsive when he was brought out at around 9.30 am on Sunday, the officials said. The boy was rushed to a hospital in Raghogarh on life support system, Guna Superintendent of Police Sanjeev Sinha said.

“Sorry to say, he is no more,” Guna district chief medical and health officer Dr Rajkumar Rishishwar told reporters at the hospital.

“The child was in the narrow borewell for the entire night in the chilly weather. His hands and feet were drenched and swollen,” he said.