MP: Rescue fails; Three-year-old Prince retrieved dead from borewell
Damoh, Feb 27: A five-hour rescue operation failed to retrieve alive a three-year-old boy, who had fallen into over 30-feet deep dry borewell at a village in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district on Sunday noon, an official said.
This is the second such incident in Madhya Pradesh in the last four days.
"The boy, identified as Prince Athya, fell into the borewell in Barkhera Bes village shortly after Sunday noon. He was pulled out at around 6.30 pm after a five-hour rescue operation carried out by a Special Disaster Response Force (SDRF) team and other rescuers," Damoh district collector S Krishna Chaitanya told reporters.
Officials had earlier said that the boy's name was Priyansh.
"After pulling him out, the boy was rushed to the primary health centre (PHC) at Patera where he was declared dead by doctors after the medical examination," Block Medical Officer (BMO) Ashok Baronia said.
He said the boy died of asphyxiation around two hours before he was brought out of the borewell.
The boy fell into the over 30-feet-deep uncovered borewell in Barkhera Bes village, about 45 km from the Damoh district headquarters, while playing, a police official said.
"The borewell was dug by his father Dharmendra Athya at their farm," Patera police station in-charge Shyam Bihari Mishra said.
He remained stuck at a depth of 15-17 feet in this dry borewell, the officer said.
After being alerted, a team of rescuers and police and health officials reached the spot and launched the operation, he said.
On Thursday, a three-year-old boy fell into an over 200-feet deep borewell in Badarchhad village in the Umaria district of MP.
He was pulled out on Friday after more than 16 hours but was declared dead by doctors, an official had said.
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India shouldn't play Pakistan even at ICC events till terrorism ends: Gautam Gambhir
New Delhi, May 6 (PTI): India head coach Gautam Gambhir on Tuesday called for a complete halt to cricketing engagements with Pakistan at any forum, including Asia Cup and ICC events, in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack.
At an ABP event, Gambhir said the national team should not be playing the arch-rivals till cross-border terrorism ends.
India have not played a full series against Pakistan since 2007 due to the tense relations between both countries. They only play each other at multi-team events and even that should be discontinued, said Gambhir.
"My personal answer to this is absolutely no. Till all this (cross-border terrorism) doesn't stop there should not be anything between India and Pakistan," said Gambhir when asked about the future of Indo-Pak cricket in the current environment.
In a terror attack on April 22 in south Kashmir's Pahalgam town, 26 people, mostly tourists, were gunned down.
Responding to the gruesome incident, India announced several measures against Pakistan, including suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty, shutting down of the only land border crossing at Attari and downgrading of diplomatic ties in view of cross-border links to the attack.
"Ultimately this is government's call whether we play them or not. I have said this before also, no cricket match or Bollywood or any other interaction is more important than the life of Indian soldiers and Indian citizens," Gambhir said.
"Matches will keep happening, movies will be made, singers will continue to perform but nothing comes close to losing a loved one in your family."
Asked specifically about India playing Pakistan in the Asia Cup this year or the T20 World Cup, to be co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka next year, Gambhir placed the onus on the BCCI and the government.
"This is not up to me, this is for BCCI and more importantly the government to decide whether we should play them or not.
"Whatever decision they make, we should be absolutely fine with it and not politicise it."
In the recent Champions Trophy, India played all their games in Dubai and not host country Pakistan owing to security concerns.
As part of an agreement worked out between the BCCI, the Pakistan Cricket Board and the ICC, all India-Pakistan matches in ICC events will be played in a neutral country till the 2027 cycle.
