At least five labourers from Assam and Tripura were feared trapped in a coal mine of Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district, almost similar to two such tragedies in 2018 and January this year.
SP of East Jaintia Hills district Jagpal Singh Dhanoa, however, said according to details provided by an eye witness of the incident, which happened at around 5 pm on Sunday, five persons got trapped in the coal mine. Two of them are from South Assam’s Cachar district, one each from Kamrup and Barpeta district in Assam while another person, identified as Shyamcharan Debbarma, is from Tripura.
Two victims have been identified as Abdul Karim (Kamrup) and Abdul Kalam (Barpeta), while two from Silchar remained unidentified.
