A five-year-old boy fell into a manhole at Bajrakabati here on Monday night and was rescued in a critical condition.
Dibyanshu Behera had come to a nursing home at Bajrakabati with his father.
While returning, the child fell into the manhole near the nursing home.
Some employees of the nursing home initiated a search operation to rescue the boy.
Moments later, the child was found in an unconscious state at the uncovered portion of the drain, 100 feet away from the manhole.
The boy was admitted to the particular nursing home and later shifted to the SCB Medical College Hospital here, where his condition was stated to be stable.