Rescue operations continue in Umrangso, Assam, with four bodies recovered from a flooded coal mine, as authorities investigate the illegal operation.

Rescue operations are underway in Assam 's Dima Hasao district after a coal mine in Umrangsu flooded, trapping nine workers. The incident took place on Monday when water suddenly inundated the quarry. So far, four bodies have been recovered, with the first body retrieved on Wednesday.

The body of one of the miners was retrieved at 7.36 am on Saturday during a joint operation by the Army and the National Disaster Response Force. The deceased has been identified as 27-year-old Lijen Magar, a resident of Umrangso. The second body retrieved later is yet to be identified.

Indian army divers retrieved the body of one of at least nine miners trapped inside a flooded coal mine in India’s northeastern Assam state, officials said Wednesday. The miners became trapped on Monday when water gushed in from a nearby unused mine in the Umrangso area in Dima Hasao district,

The body of one of the nine workers trapped inside a coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district was recovered by army divers on Wednesday, the third day of the rescue operations, officials said

The body of one of the nine miners trapped in a 'rat hole' coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district was recovered on Wednesday by a diving team from the Indian Army.