Gujarat: 2-year-old boy falls into borewell; rescued
Surendranagar, Jun 8 (PTI) A two-year-old boy fell into a deep borewell at a farm in Gujarat's Surendranagar district, following which a team of the Army, fire brigade, police and health officials rushed to the spot and rescued him, officials said on Wednesday.
The incident took place around 8 pm on Tuesday when the boy, Shivam, was playing at a farm in Dudapur village where his parents worked as labourers.
He fell into the borewell and got trapped at a depth of 20-25 feet, Dhrangadhra administration official M P Patel told reporters.
Soon after the district administration officials got to know about it, they alerted the local disaster management cell as well as a team of the National Disaster Response Force in Ahmedabad, located nearly 100 km from here.
The local administration also sought help of the Army, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and police.
A team of the Army, police, district administration staff and villagers then rushed the spot. They worked in coordination and the child was pulled out of the borewell by 10.45 pm, the official said.
The boy was then taken to a government hospital in Dhrangadhra town, from where he was referred to the district civil hospital for further treatment, he said, adding that the child's condition is stable.
"The rescue operation was completed in 40 minutes after the Army, police and other officials reached the spot," he said.
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Sambhal violence: FIR lodged against local Turks for firing, pelting stones
Sambhal (UP) (PTI): A case registered against some Turk community members related to the November 24 violence at Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal, which claimed four lives and injured several others, has been transferred from Moradabad to Sambhal, police said on Thursday.
Sambhal Kotwali Station House Officer (SHO) Anuj Kumar Tomar said, "The case was filed by Naseem, son of Shareef, at Moradabad's Pakbara police station and was transferred to Sambhal on Wednesday."
Naseem alleged that during the court-ordered survey at Shahi Jama Masjid on November 24, some miscreants gathered, and people from the Turk community opened fire and pelted stones, Tomar said citing the FIR.
"Naseem's nephew, Waseem, from Kot Garvi in Sambhal, was standing outside his home when he was hit by a bullet. He was taken to a hospital in Moradabad, where he underwent surgery," the SHO added.
The case has been registered against unidentified locals from the Turk community under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), he said.
Additional Superintendent of Police Sreesh Chandra said, "The case was initially registered in Moradabad as a zero FIR and has now been formally transferred to Sambhal Kotwali for further investigation."
The violence broke out during the second survey of the of the Mughal-era mosque following a court order based on a petition claiming that a Harihar temple once existed at the site of the mosque. Four people were killed and several were injured in the confrontation.
Uttar Pradesh Excise Minister and BJP leader Nitin Agarwal had earlier claimed that the violence stemmed from a conflict of upmanship between the local Turk and Pathan communities.
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