MP CM suspends two officials for negligence over death of 3-year-old girl in borewell

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has said he has ordered the suspension of two officials in connection with a three-year-old girl's death that occurred after she fell into an open borewell in Singrauli district.

The girl accidentally slipped into the borewell on Monday evening and was brought out after five-and-a-half hours of efforts. But she was declared dead at a hospital. The borewell was said to be more than 250-foot deep and the girl had got stuck at the depth of 25-foot, officials earlier said.

In a post on social media platform X, CM Yadav said the girl died after falling into an open borewell in a village of Janpad Panchayat Chitrangi, located about 40km from the district headquarters.

"Instructions have been given to suspend the Assistant Engineer, Public Health Engineering Department and the then Chief Executive Officer of Janpad Panchayat Chitrangi posted in Singrauli district with immediate effect for negligence in the verification certificate of the open borewell and tubewell," he said.

It has been made clear to all the administrative officers of the state that such an unpleasant incident should not happen in future again, he said.

The victim was identified as Soumya, a daughter of one Pintu Sahu. She fell into the borewell while playing in an agriculture field.