Chennai, October 29: Hours after the death of Sujith Wilson, the 2-year-old boy who died after falling in an abandoned borewell, two judges of the Madras High Court on Tuesday agreed for a special sitting to hear a petition in connection to the case. Sujith underwent a three-day-long struggle before he lost his life inside the borewell. On October 25, Sujith fell into the borewell while playing near his house at about 5:30 pm Nadukattupatti, Tiruchirappalli. Later, he slipped further down into the borewell, with an official stating that Wilson was stuck at a depth of 88 feet. Tamil Nadu: 2-Year-Old Sujith Wilson Falls into 25-Feet Deep Borewell, Rescue Ops Underway in Nadukattupatti.

More than six crews from the NDRF, as well as the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), were deployed to rescue the two-year-old. Sujith Wilson Declared Dead After Over 80 Hours of Rescue Operation: How Tragedy Unfolded in Tiruchirappalli.

Tamil Nadu Ministers including like Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam were personally monitoring the rescue operations and had met the family of the infant on Monday.

As per the district collector’s order, the borewell in Nadukattupatti, Tiruchirappalli in which two-year-old Sujith Wilson fell and lost his life, was filled and sealed with cement lid on Tuesday to avoid a similar incident in future.Sujith’s body was recovered from a borewell in the wee hours of Tuesday. Later, the body was brought to Pudur for cremation.

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