Meghalaya mine tragedy: Relatives identify body of drowned miner
Guwahati, Jan 25 (IBNS): Relatives have identified the miner whose body was brought of an illegal rat-hole mine at Ksan area in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district. Fifteen miners had gone missing when the mine was flooded on December 13.
According to reports, the miner was identified as twenty-five-year-old Amir Hussain from Assam's Chirag district by his mother and wife with the help of an amulet he wore around his neck.
After post-mortem, the largely intact but completely decomposed body has been handed over to the family. The authorities are helping transport it back to Hussain's home village.
The Indian Navy on Thursday managed to fish out the body.
The rescue team had undergone considerable trouble to being out the body that had been spotted last week. Efforts to pull it out resulted in it disintegrating and slipping to the bottom of the main shaft, said reports. It was finally recovered on Thursday.
On Monday, the Centre and the state government had assured the Supreme Court they were not abandoning efforts rescue efforts.
The Chennai based Planys Technology has also continued their operation for SONAR (Sound Navigation and Raging) mapping of the shaft to sanitize and to identify the rat hole.
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