Boy yet to be taken out from borewell

Rescue operations continued for the fifth day today to take out the four-year-old boy stuck in the borewell since November 9 at Jagatpura village of the district, police said.

Rescue operations continued for the fifth day today to take out the four-year-old boy stuck in the borewell since November 9 at Jagatpura village of the district, police said.

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Due to intermittent rains since yesterday it is difficult to dig a parallel pit, they said.

The rescuers have so far dug around 110-feet ground of the connecting tunnel to pull out the boy Sahil, they said.

If it does not rain today, the boy could be pulled up by this evening, Incharge of Shahpura police station Madan Lal Meena told PTI.

Sahil had fallen into the 250-deep borewell while playing with his sister on Monday morning.