21 February,2019 10:42 AM IST | | ANI
Representational image
The six-year-old boy who fell into a 200-feet-deep borewell near Manchar tehsil in Pune was safely rescued on Thursday after a 16-hour operation.
The boy, identified as Ravi Pandit Bill, was stuck at a depth of 10 feet in the borewell, informed SHO Ambegaon Police station.
The boy fell into the borewell around 5 pm on Wednesday in Thandale village of Pune.
ALSO READ
Kumaraswamy on 'obscene videos' involving JD(S) MP: No protection for wrongdoing
Fire breaks out at pipe warehouse on Delhi-Agra Highway
SC stays CBI probe into West Bengal govt officials' role in teacher recruitment
Kejriwal's decision to stay CM despite arrest 'personal', students' rights can't
Fire at bank's zonal office in Odisha, 3 injured
Ravi, son of a labourer working on road constructions, fell into the borewell while playing.
The work of road construction was underway in the area and Ravi's family was deployed at the site.
Soon after receiving the report of the incident, the National Disaster Response Force team (NDRF) and police were pressed into action to rescue the trapped boy.
The operation was very critical and required constant meticulous planning to avoid any injury to the child.
Catch up on all the latest Crime, National, International and Hatke news here. Also, download the new mid-day Android and iOS apps to get latest updates
This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever