Chandigarh, May 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) A six-year-old boy of a migrant labourer family fell into a 100-foot-deep abandoned borewell on Sunday in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district, police said.
A rescue operation, comprising teams of the district administration, is under way, an official told IANS.
The boy climbed a borewell shaft when stray dogs were chasing him. The shaft, covered with a jute bag, collapsed and the boy fell into the well.
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said the rescue operation was underway and he was in touch with the district administration.
"A 6-year-old boy Hrithik fell into a borewell in Hoshiarpur. District administration and local MLA were there and rescue operation is underway. I am in constant touch with the administration," Mann said in a tweet.
Source: IANS
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