A three-year-old boy who fell into a 150-feet deep borewell on Friday in a village near here died on Saturday, allegedly due to suffocation, the police said.
“The boy is no more. He died due to suffocation,” said Gwalior SP Hari Narayanchari Mishra.
‘Died of suffocation’Earlier in the day, the boy, identified as Abhay Pachouri was taken out from the borewell in Sultanpur Kheria village under Dabra tehsil and rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared him dead. “Preliminary examination revealed that there was no proof of any snakebite or any other animal attack on his body. Doctors said that he died due to suffocation after falling into the borewell,” Gwalior Collector Sanjay Goyal said.
The Collector informed that the boy was taken out after nearly 22 hours of rescue operation.
An assistance of Rs. 1 lakh would be provided from the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister’s Relief Fund to the family, the Collector said. — PTI
