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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
IP Singh | TNN

Punjab: Six-year-old boy falls into 85 feet deep borewell in Hoshiarpur, pulled out dead

HOSHIARPUR: A six-year-old boy who had fallen in a borewell in village Khiala Balanda near Garhdiwala in district Hoshiarpur, was pulled out after over seven hours but he had died by then.

While teams of NDRF, Army and Military Engineering Service(MES) had reached the spot and started their rescue mission, but it was a man Gurinder Singh from district Sangrur, who pulled him out with his own innovative technique using pipes and ropes as other rescuers provided whatever support he required.

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