A 10-year-old Indian boy has been rescued after he fell down an 80-foot well and spent five days trapped underground — sharing the space with a snake and a frog, officials said.
Rahul Sahu, who is both speech- and hearing-impaired, had fallen into a borewell while playing in his family’s yard in the village of Pihrid in Chhattisgarh State Friday afternoon.
Some 500 officials from India’s National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force, district administration and army were called in to rescue the child.
The operation to save the special-needs boy was hampered by poor weather conditions, rocky terrain and the presence of venomous critters at the site, including snakes and scorpions.
