Dhaka, Dec. 12 -- After an intense rescue operation lasting 32 hours, doctors have confirmed that two-year-old Sajid was already dead when he was finally pulled from an abandoned deep tube-well shaft in Rajshahi's Tanore upazila on Thursday night.

Tanore Upazila Health Complex Medical Officer Dr Barnabas Hasdak said, "Following our examinations, we declared him dead at 9:40pm. He was brought here with no signs of life."

Fire Service and Civil Defence Director (Operation and Maintenance) Lt Col Mohammad Tajul Islam Chowdhury said Sajid was retrieved from the shaft around 9:15pm after a relentless day-and-night effort by firefighters that began on Wednesday.

Rescuers had to dig as deep as 45 feet to locate the child before rushing him to...