<p>   u00a0</p>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Gurgaon officials said she was dead even before soldiers who had been working non-stop for days finally made contact with the child just after noon.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Backing the military was a group of men adept in digging tunnels and borewells led by a Saurav Khan.</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <p class="caption">   <img alt="" src="/imagedata/2012/jun/24mahi-rep.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 333px; " /><br />   Representational picture (AFP)</p>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The girl accidentally fell into the 70-feet deep borewell at the IMT township just before midnight Wednesday, sparking a major rescue operation involving the army and civilian agencies.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The first confirmation of her death came to IANS Sunday from Chief Medical Officer Praveen Garg of the Civil Hospital here.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   A short time later, Gurgaon Deputy Commissioner P.C. Meena too confirmed that the girl was dead before she was taken out of the borewell and rushed to the ESI Hospital in Manesar town.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The news shattered the thousands of people who had gathered outside the hospital and at the site of the borewell for days, hoping and praying that the girl would somehow survive.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The girl&#39;s mother broke down on hearing that her daughter was no more.</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div>   <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" height="270" id="player1" name="player1" width="480"> <param name="movie" value="http://videos.mid-day.com/layout/ewplayer.swf" /> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="flashvars" value="file=http://videos.mid-day.com/videos/flv/Mahi-declared-dead.flv&amp;autostart=true" /> <embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="file=http://videos.mid-day.com/videos/flv/Mahi-declared-dead.flv&amp;autostart=true" height="270" id="player1" name="player1" src="http://videos.mid-day.com/layout/ewplayer.swf" width="480"></embed></object></div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <p class="caption">   Video courtesy: NDTV</p>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div>   When soldiers digging through Thursday and Friday hit rocky patches, officials decided to rope in the Rapid Metro as well as Delhi Metro, both of which have specialized digging equipment.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   According to Gurgaon police, a four-year-old boy had similarly fallen into a deep borewell in the same area Feb 26, 2004. But he was rescued, thanks to the initiative of a police officer, Usman Ali.</div>  

Mahi, the four-year-old girl who got trapped in a narrow and deep borewell here for 86 agonizing hours, was Sunday declared dead after rescuers reached her through a parallel tunnel

After 86 long hours, baby Mahi is dead

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