Earlier in the day, a statement issued by the state government said, “The bodies are yet to be recovered. Dewatering has been stopped for the time being.”The mine with a 20 ft radius is about 300 ft deep and the water level inside it has risen to more than 100 ft. It is yet to be ascertained what caused the flooding.Sarma said prima facie, it appeared to be an illegal mine. Punish Nunisa was arrested in connection with a case registered by the police under Sections 3(5)/105 BNS, read with Section 21(1) of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957.The CM released the names of the trapped miners on Monday night. They are Ganga Bahadur Shreth (38) from Nepal, Sanjit Sarkar (35) from West Bengal, Hussain Ali (30), Jakir Hussain (38), Sarpa Barman (46), Mustafa Seikh (44), Khusi Mohan Rai (57), Lijan Magar (26) and Sarat Goyary (37), all from Assam.
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