Shillong, Jan 11: Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Wednesday said the government is yet to receive any kind of confirmation on an alleged mine tragedy killing three persons in East Jaintia Hills district.
“We have not received any kind of confirmation or confirmed information on this aspect. We have heard this from some areas but there is no confirmed report yet,” Sangma told reporters.
Meanwhile, East Jaintia Hills district police chief Jagpal Singh Dhanoa said that three deaths have been confirmed in two villages – Musniang rim and Musniang – but the cause of deaths is still being ascertained.
When asked if the bodies were recovered from the coal mine, Dhanoa said, “We don’t know the PO (place of occurrence). We can’t even confirm whether they died in the mining incident.”
He said that three local boys died in two adjoining villages on January 9 and were buried.
“We are recording statements and if need be we will have to get PM (post mortem) done by exhuming,” he said.
“Hopefully family and relatives will give the true statements so that investigation can proceed. Once it is established that they all died in one incident we will shift our focus to the place of occurrence and ownership of the mine,” he said.
