4 dead, many feared trapped as 3 mines collapse in Jharkhand

Dhanbad: At least four persons died and many are feared trapped as three abandoned coal mines collapsed during illegal mining in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad district, officials said on Tuesday.

Prem Kumar Tiwari, the subdivisional magistrate (SDM) of Dhanbad, said the rescue team, employed by the coal companies, recovered three bodies of women and one of a girl from Gopinathpur Open Cast Project (OCP) of Eastern Coalfield Limited (ECL) in Nirsa police station area.

3 electrocuted: In a separate incident reported from Medininagar, three persons died of electrocution after a high-tension wire snapped and fell on them in Palamu district, an official said.

The incident occurred when the high-tension wire suddenly snapped and fell on a group of people in Lahar Banjari village.