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GUJ TEEN RESCUED FROM BOREWELL AFTER 8-HOUR OP, DECLARED DEAD
Hindustan Times Noida
|December 08, 2025
A 17-year-old labourer who “fell” into a 140-foot borewell in a village in Bhuj taluka of Gujarat couldn't be saved despite an eight-hour rescue operation, which ended early Sunday, police said, adding that he was declared dead at a hospital.
Police suspect it could be a suicide triggered by an argument between the victim and his father over an expensive mobile phone. The victim, Rustom Sheikh, originally from Jharkhand, reportedly fell into the 1.5 feet-wide borewell at a farmhou
This story is from the December 08, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Noida.
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