5-yr-old falls into borewell in Jodhpur, dies

A 5-year-old boy, identified as Rohit Garg, reportedly fell into the borewell in the early hours of Monday and died even though he was taken out of the borewell in about 6 hours. A rescue operation was also initiated immediately and an ambulance was roped in to provide oxygen to the boy in order to prevent him from choking.

Jodhpur (Rajasthan): A 5-year-old boy died on Monday after falling into a borewell while playing near it in Jointra village in Rajasthan's Jodhpur district, police said.

The boy, identified as Rohit Garg, reportedly fell into the borewell in the early hours of Monday.

According to Kesaram, the Station House Officer (SHO) of Khedapa, a rescue operation was initiated immediately and a '108' ambulance was roped in to provide oxygen to the boy in order to prevent him from choking.

He was taken out of the borewell in about 6 hours, but was already dead.

"He was stuck at the depth of about 300 ft and water was there at this depth," the officer said.

"The borewell was left open by a contract firm for repair and no precautionary measures were taken to alert people about it," the SHO said.