At least four people died and many more were injured after a coal mine caved in during illegal mining in the Tetulmari police station area of Jharkhand’s Dhanbad district on Thursday.
The injured have been admitted to a local hospital.
The incident took place in BS Mining Outsourcing company’s excavation project in West Modidih colliery at around 6 a.m.
According to sources, more than a dozen people had entered the tunnel to extract coal, during which the roof of the mine collapsed. Eyewitnesses said that four persons died on the spot and their bodies were recovered by villagers.
