Deeply pained to hear tragic demise of Sujith: Rajinikanth

Actor-turned-politician Rajinikanth condoled the death of two-year-old Sujith Wilson, whose body was retrieved from an abandoned borewell after a marathon 82 hour long rescue effort that proved futile, at Nadukattupatti near Manapparai in Tiruchirapalli district, today.

In a tweet, he said he was deeply pained over the death of Sujith.

Sujith's body was found in a highly decomposed state as explained by the Principal Secretary of Transport Department J Radhakrishnan earlier.

"Sujith is now in a decomposed state. All efforts were put in to bring the child alive but now, in an unfortunate turn of events, bad smell has started to come from the borewell in which the child had fallen," Radhakrishnan had told media persons while quoting doctors.

Government officials and rescue workers were working continuously for the last 80 plus hours to retrieve the child.

On October 25, Sujith fell into the borewell while playing near his house at about 5:30 pm here. Later, he slipped further down into the borewell, with an official stating that Wilson was stuck at a depth of 88 feet.

More than six crews from the NDRF, as well as the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), were deployed to rescue the two-year-old.

Tamil Nadu Ministers 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 has been filled and sealed with cement lid later in the day to avoid any similar incident in the future.