Sujith Wilson, a two-year-old boy who fell into a borewell in Tamil Nadu's Tiruchirappalli on Friday was declared dead by officials early Tuesday morning. Sujith Wilson's body had decomposed inside the borewell. A rescue operation that involved digging a parallel tunnel to get to the toddler was called off soon after the body was found.

Last night, government officials had said rescuing the boy would have taken 12 more hours. A stench rising from the borewell confirmed their worst fears - the child had died after over four days in the tunnel without food or water. Officials retrieved Sujith Wilson's dismembered body from and sent it for a postmortem.

"The 2-year-old boy's body is now in decomposed state. We tried our best to rescue him but unfortunately foul smell has started coming from the borewell in which the child had fallen. The digging process has been stopped," J Radhakrishnan, Principal Secretary in the Transport Department and the Relief Commissioner told reporters. (NDTV)