A two-and-a-half-year-old kid fell into an open borewell while playing in a field in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain district on Thursday evening, prompting a rescue operation, police said.
The event took place about 8 p.m. in Jhalaria village, Badnagar tehsil. The infant, Bhagirath, is the son of Praveen Devasi, a shepherd who had come in the area with his family three days earlier from Rajasthan's Pali.
The family was grazing sheep in the area, which is 10 kilometres from Badnagar and approximately 75 km from Ujjain.
Badnagar Station House Officer Ashok Patidar led a team to the scene after obtaining information.According to the official, oxygen is being poured into the borewell shaft via a conduit, and a team from the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) has arrived at the scene with rescue equipment.