Boy rescued from pit a la Prince

Katni, MP, Feb 5 (UNI) Reminiscent of the rescue of five-year-old Prince from a deep borewell in Kurukshetra in July last, a one-and-a-half-year-old boy was rescued early today twelve hours after he fell into a 60-foot pit near this district's Dhoreshwar village, 45 km from here, police said.

The 12-hour-long rescue effort by municipal officials, fire brigade personnel, locals and private-sector marble company officials led to success at 0330 hrs.

Authorities intially gave the child's age as three years but later clarified it.

Rajendra Kushwaha's son, Amit, fell... Eds: Here pick up from line one, para four of DR 4 ACCIDENT-MP-BOY-LEAD PIT.

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