Rediff

New Delhi, Oct 13: Five days after he fell into a 150-feet borewell, rescuers have managed to extract Sonu. However, the two-year-old has been declared dead.

An army team had been assisting in the digging of a tunnel to connect the parallel pit dug near the borewell hole. However, the caving in of the walls of the parallel pit delayed the rescue efforts.

The parallel pit had been dug to about 69 ft and the work to make the horizontal tunnel to reach the child was nearing completion when the mudslide occurred, obstructing the rescue operation on Sunday afternoon in Lehrakapura village near Shamsabad town.

Doubts were being raised after Sunday's delay in rescue efforts whether Sonu, who was believed to have been stuck 70-ft below the ground, was still alive.

Constant supply of oxygen was being maintained to the boy through a pipe, but no movement had been noticed or any sound heard from him two hours after he fell into the well.