Young woman dies after going to rescue pet cat that fell into well

A poignant story of a kind attempt to rescue a pet cat that fell into a well, after being woken up by a sound while sleeping at night, ending in an unfortunate tragedy, is reported from the Warakapola Police Division. The young woman who faced this bitter fate was leaning into the well, providing light with her father, to get the cat out.

The person who thus passed away is K. P. Dineethri Imeshika Udani, a 32-year-old unmarried woman residing in Madurupitiya, Algama, Warakapola. She lived in the same house with her father, mother, and younger brother, and was employed as a worker at a glove manufacturing company located in the Kalagedihena area of Nittambuwa.

According to the police, this unfortunate incident began around 10 PM the day before yesterday (20th). Dineethri, who was sleeping in her room at home, heard two cats screaming from behind the house. Hearing the sound of one of the cats falling into the well, she immediately acted and went to the well near the house with her father. Although the well had a protective wall built about three feet above ground level, she turned on the flashlight of her mobile phone and inspected the inside of the well.

Seeing the cat that had fallen into the well, the father and Dineethri prepared a bucket tied to a rope to get it out. Meanwhile, the young woman's mother ran to a neighbor's relative's house to get additional help to rescue the cat. As the father was preparing to lower the bucket towards the cat, Dineethri leaned into the well, directing the light from her mobile phone to assist him. The police state that the young woman, while providing light in this manner, suddenly fell into the well.

By the time the mother returned home with the neighboring relative, Dineethri had already fallen into the well. The relative immediately acted, descended into the well, brought her out, and took steps to admit her to Nittambuwa Wathupitiwala Hospital. However, the police state that the young woman had already passed away by then. The police also said that she had sustained severe head injuries from hitting her head hard on a concrete part inside the well when she fell.

The inquest into the sudden death of the deceased young woman was scheduled to be held yesterday (21st) afternoon at Wathupitiwala Hospital. Further investigations into the incident are being carried out by Police Sergeant Kumara (39400) of the Miscellaneous Complaints Division of the Warakapola Police.