Third Body Fished Out From Flooded 'Rat-Hole' Coal Mine In Meghalaya

More than three weeks after an illegal coal pit in Meghalaya's East Jaintia district was flooded, the third body was pulled out from the rat-hole mine. Divers from the Indian Navy retrieved the body.

More than three weeks after an illegal coal pit in Meghalaya's East Jaintia district was flooded trapping five miners, rescuers on Friday fished out another body from the 152-metre-deep mine, an official said. This is the third body to be pulled out from the rat-hole mine at Umpleng which was flooded following a dynamite explosion on May 30. Divers from the Indian Navy retrieved the third body on Friday while another body was recovered from the bottom of the pit on Thursday, district deputy commissioner E Kharmalki told PTI. The body of the miner which was recovered on Friday has been identified as that of Abdul Sukur, 28, hailing from Pingorgool village in Karimganj district of Assam, the official said.