Rescue officials declared Sujith Wilson dead early Tuesday morning.
Sujith Wilson, the two-year-old toddler who had fallen down an abandoned borewell near his house in Nadukattupatti near Manapparai in Trichy on October 25 was declared dead early Tuesday morning. Officials conducting the rescue operations had pronounced the child dead after foul smell began emanating from the borewell on Monday night.
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The decomposed and dismembered body of Sujith had been recovered from the borewell shortly after 3 am, following which the body was sent to the Manapparai government hospital for postmortem. The body was later handed over to the parents and buried at a cemetery in Fathima Puthur near Trichy on Tuesday around 8 am.
Cricketer Harbhajan Singh tweeted his condolences following Sujith's demise. Terming it an 'irreparable tragedy', the cricketer tweeted, "I am feeling bad that I could not do anything. It is not just one life that was taken away but all our self confidence. Henceforth, another life should not be lost like this. Who will comfort his parents? You will always remain in my thoughts son." (sic)
Kollywood actor Aadhi offered his condolences following Sujith's demise and tweeted, "#Sujithwilson still resides in our hearts." (sic) The actor urged people to stop blaming the government for the child's death and instead, start implementing the change they expect from others.
Addressing the media after offering condolences to Sujith's parents, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami said that firemen had commenced operations immediately after news of Sujith's fall had reached them. "From around 6 pm on Friday, rescue operations commenced. I sent three AIADMK ministers to Nadukattupatti to supervise the rescue operations. We wanted to rescue the child alive but failed", he said.
Commenting on DMK chief M K Stalin's allegation that NDRF and SDRF personnel had been roped in late, EPS said, "The rescue operations have been streamed live since Friday. You saw that the government had left no stone unturned in ensuring that Sujith was rescued. NDRF and SDRF personnel who arrived at the site told me that our approach was the right one. We did everything we could do to rescue Sujith alive." EPS announced a compensation of Rs. 10 lakh from the Chief Minister's relief fund and a sum of Rs. 10 lakh from AIADMK to the family.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam visited Nadukattupatti to pay their respects to Sujith Wilson who was buried at a cemetery in Fathima Puthur in the morning. EPS and OPS offered their condolences to the distraught parents of the toddler in person and garlanded the portrait of Sujith.
Actress Keerthi Suresh took to Twitter and expressed her condolonces upon Sujith's demise.
VJ and TV anchor Anjana Rangan offered her condolences following the removal of Sujith's body early Tuesday morning. "This is pure pain. We all love you little fighter #RIPSurjith" (sic) she tweeted.
Kollywood director Karthik Subbaraj apologised to Sujith and tweeted "Sorry Sujith..So Painfaul.." (sic).
Kollywood director Atlee offered his condolences to Sujith, whose decomposed body was recovered from the borewell by rescue personnel early Tuesday morning.
Telangana governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan extended her condolences upon the demise of the toddler, Sujith and tweeted that the death of the child was extremely painful. "The death of the child has taught the world so many lessons. We should make an effort to ensure that such accidents do not occur henceforth. This was not a normal death and our prayers for his safe return were not in vain", she tweeted.
DMK president M K Stalin, who visited Nadukattupatti to pay his last respects to the toddler Sujith said that the child could have been rescued sooner when he was stuck at 36 feet. "The NDRF and army should have been summoned as soon as the authorities were notified about the accident. The question here is why were they not summoned earlier", said Stalin.
RJ and Kollywood actor RJ Balaji apologised to Sujith after the two-year-old toddler who had been stuck in an abadoned borewell since Friday was declared dead on Tuesday morning. "Collective failure of all us as it takes yet another life. Sorry Sujith." (sic), he tweeted.
Kollywood actress Anjali offered her condolences and tweeted, "Rest In Peace little Champ, You Will Always Be In Our Heart.." (sic).
Actor turned politican Rajinikanth offered his condolences to Sujith's parents upon the toddler's demise. The superstar tweeted, "The death of Sujith is extremely painful. May the child's soul rest in piece. I extend my heartfelt condolences to Sujith's parents." (sic)
BJP Minister for State, Pon Radhakrishnan offered his condolences to Sujith's family and said, "Let this be the last. I extend my deepest condolences to the family of Sujith and pray that the find the strength to get through this."
Kollywood actor Prasanna offered his condolences to Sujith's parents and tweeted, "High time we learn our lesson. With deep regret #RIPsujith." (sic)
Kollywood actor Manobala apologised to Sujith and tweeted that the government should take Sujith's death as a lesson to be learnt and prevent such accidents in the future.
Director A R Murugadoss extended his condolences to the family of Sujith and tweeted, "Really hoping the government will take necessary action to prevent this kind of disaster in future." (sic)
Kollywood actor R Parthiban offered his condolences to Sujith and tweeted, "We came with machines to rescue you and we are going back as machines for our next task. We will be filling a 100-foot pit with our tears". (sic)
Kollywood actor Sibi Sathyaraj condemned the death of two-year-old Sujith and tweeted that the 'inefficiency of the system was responsible for the loss of innocent lives'.
Kollywood actor Vikram Prabhu aplogised to Sujith for his untimely demise and tweeted, "Hope we learn from what has happened." (sic)
Archana Kalpathi, the CEO of AGS Cinemas offered her condolences and prayed to God to help Sujith's family find the strength to cope with his demise.
DMK youth wing secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin offered his condolences following Sujith's death and tweeted, "You will live in our minds Sujith, go and come. My condolences" (sic).
Condemning the death of the toddler, Udhayanidhi said that the government should consider Sujith's demise as a wake up call and take action to prevent such incidents in the future.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palanisamy took to Twitter to offer his condolences to two-year-old Sujith Wilson. He said he was heart broke after he heard about Sujith's demise. He also instructed the concerned district collectors to check whether all the borewells are installed with proper guidelines and asked them to initiate strict action against those who fail to adhere to the guidelines. "On Friday, I came to know that toddler Sujith Wilson, son of Britto Arokiyaraj, has fallen into a borewell near his home. I was very upset, I informed ministers Vijaya Baskar, Vellamandi Natrajan, Valarmathi and commissioner for revenue administration J Radhakrishnan to take all the necessary steps to rescue the child alive. Based on my order, the authorities worked day and night to rescue the child. Modern equipment was brought for rescue efforts, but due to the presence of heavy rocks, the drilling process got complicated. Despite, the hurdles, with the help of the experts, we tried to save Sujith. I was heartbroken after I came to know that Sujith passed away. The government has already instructed the necessary measures that people need to follow while installing borewells. The district collectors should make sure the borewells are installed following proper guidelines, if not they need to initiate strict action against them. I hope that in the future, these sad incident doesn't occur and also request the public to follow proper guidelines while closing the borewell. I thank all the officials and public who worked day and night for the rescue process, I offer my condolences to Sujith's parents," Edappadi wrote.
Tamil Nadu Minister for Tourism, Vellamandi N Natarajan, who was present throughout the 80-hour rescue operations was among the first to pay his last respects to the deceased toddler.
Kollywood actor Raghava Lawrence tweeted his condolences to Sujith in an emotional note today. In his note, Lawrence said that he will not be celebrating his birthday today following the death of Sujith. Beginning his message with "I pray that Sujith will be reunited with his parents once again", Lawrence said that Sujith had left the entire nation in tears with his demise. "Sujith has become a child of the nation today. Likewise, there are many children being born today. If request that parents name atleast one child Sujith and raise him well. That way, you will be giving life to one child and giving peace to Sujith Wilson's soul and Sujith will remain with us. If you are planning to adopt a child, I will help you adopt a boy and I will bear all the expenses towards his education." (sic)
Rescue officials who had worked non-stop for four days to rescue two-year-old Sujith from an abandoned borewell near his house filled the borewell and sealed it with a cement lid on Tuesday. The borewell, which is 600 feet deep was filled once the decomposed body of Sujith was recovered early Tuesday morning.
Tamil Nadu Health Minister C Vijaya Baskar who monitored the rescue for the past four days has written an emotional letter to deceased toddler Sujith. In his letter, the Minister has expressed how heartbroken he is upo the demise of Sujith Wilson. "Not just me, the whole world was thinking Sujith as their child, his voice is still reverberating inside me, my heart is paining, We worked hard day and night without a pause with a hope that you will come back, we never expected that you will leave all of us in misery, I wanted to give you the best treatment when I see you in hospital, I never expected that I will see you in a mortuary, At 88 feet, your voice pushed me to do the rescue work, I felt It's my responsibility as a father to save you, I am consoling myself because you are god's child now," the Minister wrote.
DMK president M K Stalin paid his last respect to Sujith Wilson at his final resting place in a cemetery in Fathima Puthur near Trichy today.
Tamil Nadu Minister for Municipal Administration, Rural Development and Implementation of Special Programmes, S P Velumani thanked the rescue officials for having worked tirelessly for four days to rescue toddler Sujith from the borewell. Extending his condolences to the family, the minister said, "I will pray to God to give the family the strength that the need to move on from the demise of their child."
Tamil Nadu Minister for Milk and Dairy Development, K T Rajenthra Balaji offered his condolences to Sujith after the toddler was declared dead on Tuesday.
Cricketer Washington Sundar tweeted his condolences to toddler Sujith who was buried early today morning in Trichy.
Director Soundarya Rajinikanth has offered her condolences to two-year-old Sujith who died after being trapped in an abandoned bore-well near his home in Natukattupatti near Tiruchirapalli district of Tamil Nadu. Earlier actor Rajinikanth had said that there should be precautionary measure on kids and even the parents need to be alert.
Actor and Samathuva Makkal Katchi (SMK) leader R Sarathkumar has offered his condolences upon Sujith's demise. "It is disheartening and painful to hear the demise of the child sujith, my hearfelt condolences to the parents and their family," he tweeted.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palanisamy and other AIADMK ministers will be reaching Nadukattupatti village near Manapparai in a while to offer their condolences to Sujith Wilson's parents. The final rites of the toddler got completed at the Fathima Pudur cemetery near Tiruchirapalli district of Tamil Nadu.
Kollywood actor and comedian Vivekh tweeted his condolences to toddler Sujith who was buried today morning and said, "Sujith we have taken your body. We have fallen in grief now. Who will take us now?”
Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin tweeted his condolences upon Sujith's demise.
The final prayers for Sujith Wilson are being said as the mortal remains of Sujith Wilson is being lowered into the grave.
Leaders of various political parties, and citizens from various walks of life have begun condoling the death of Sujith, and have called for an end to the tragedy of borewell holes being open across Tamil Nadu.
Relatives and well wishers pay homage to the mortal remains of Sujith Wilson at Fathima Pudur cemetery near Tiruchi. Villagers have gathered near the site and the final rites are in progress.
The final rites of Sujith Wilson in progress at the Fathima Pudur cemetery near Tiruchi. Tamil Nadu minister Vellamandi Natarajan is at the cemetery paying homage. Family and well wishers and paying their homage.
Mortal remains of Sujith Wilson reach Fathima Pudur cemetery. Parents, the extended family, well wishers have gathered at the cemetery of Fathima Pudur near Tiruchi.
Sujith Wilson's funeral is likely to take place in Fatima Puthur near Tiruchirapalli.