Relatives carry the coffin of Fatehveer for his last rites at their village in Sangrur district, Punjab, on Tuesday (PTI)A two-year-old child who was stuck in a 150ft-deep unused borewell here was pulled out on Tuesday morning after almost 110 hours, but could not survive, officials and doctors said. Fatehveer, who turned two on Monday, had been stuck in the shaft of the seven-inch-wide borewell at a depth of 125ft. The only child of his parents, Fatehveer fell into the borewell in a field while playing at Bhagwanpura village around 4pm on Thursday. The borewell was covered with a cloth and the boy accidentally stepped on it. Villagers alleged that ultimately Fatehveer was pulled out of the borewell with clamps fastened to his hands.

Source: The Telegraph June 12, 2019 00:22 UTC