From the archive record
A three-year-old boy, who has been trapped in a 150-foot-deep borewell for over 110 hours in Punjab's Sangrur district, was rescued on 11th June morning. The child was rescued at 5:12 am by joint efforts of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), police officials and local volunteers. The toddler was taken to a hospital in an ambulance amid police security. "Fatehvir has been pulled out of the borewell and he is being taken to hospital in an ambulance," Sagrur Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori told PTI. Asked about health of the child, the commissioner said it was not known yet. The child, Fatehvir Singh, turned three on 3rd June 2019. He fell into the unused seven-inch wide borewell in a field around 4 pm on Thursday (June 6) when he was playing near his house in Bhagwanpura villag