From Bhupen Goswami
GUWAHATI : According to a tragic turn of events, six labourers were killed inside the pit of an abandoned coal mine in East Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya, according to a tragic turn of the incidents.According to reports, when the accident occurred, the labourers were trying to dig a tunnel inside the abandoned pit. The machine they were using to dig the tunnel collapsed and the labourers in the coal mine slipped into deep water. A total of six bodies have been recovered on Friday morning and five of them have been identified. All the six dead are from the neighbouring state of Assam. The incident took place at Desla village in Rimabai area. However, the owner of the pit is yet to be traced.
