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Madhya Pradesh: On Tuesday, an official said that police have arrested the owner of an agricultural field in Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh where a six-year-old boy died after falling into a borewell. The boy, Mayank Kol, fell into an open borewell in a field in Manika village on Friday afternoon.
Official said that the farm owner has been booked on charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. He was pulled out dead on Sunday after a 45-hour-long operation, bringing a tragic end to a rescue operation carried out by multiple agencies.
Superintendent of Police Vivek Singh said Brijendra Mishra, the owner of the field where the borewell was dug and left open, was arrested on Monday. He said Mishra was booked under sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 174 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of the Indian Penal Code after an inquiry into the incident.
He said that investigations revealed that the borewell was dug two-three years ago and was found to be dry, but Mishra left it uncovered. The official said the panchayat department had issued orders in February this year to close such unused and open borewells due to accidents and children falling into them.
