4-year-old trapped in abandoned borehole in Raozan as firefighters race to rescue

Locals tell police they could hear a child crying from the abandoned well

A 4-year-old child has fallen into an abandoned deep tube well in Chattogram’s Raozan, prompting the Fire Service to launch a rescue operation.

Fire Service officials said they received information sometime after 5pm on Wednesday that a child had fallen into the borehole at Jaynagar of Kodolpur Union.

[Updates to follow]