TIRUCHY: A day after two-year-old Sujith's death was confirmed, a case under Section 174 (Unnatural Death) was registered at the Manapparai Police Station.
However, police sources confirmed that the case was registered initially to facilitate postmortem and there are chances that the sections could be altered based on an investigation.
Despite 80 hours of rescue efforts, Sujith, a resident of Nadukattupatti, was declared dead in the wee hours of Tuesday.
While playing with his brother, Sujith accidentally fell into a 600-feet-borewell near his house, which was dug seven years ago.
With the rescue operation ending on Tuesday morning, the police have now started an investigation to identify the cause of death.
Speaking to TNIE, Ziaul Haque, SP, Tiruchy said, "Whenever someone dies in an unnatural way, we file a case under Section 174 of CrPC. In the case of Sujith, the FIR needed to be registered at the moment to facilitate postmortem. An investigation to identify the cause of death will be conducted."
While it was earlier stated that the defunct borewell was closed with a cement slab, the FIR says the borewell was covered only with jute bags.
"Any changes to the current case sections will be based on what the investigating members find out. The entire run-up to the incident and rescue operation will be analysed. At this juncture, it will be difficult to say, but the investigation team will decide it."