Shillong, Jan. 8 -- Meghalaya police have submitted a report to Justice (retired) Brojendra Prasad Katakey, appointed by the Meghalaya High Court to handle coal-related issues, over the death of two persons, allegedly in an explosion in East Jaintia Hills district.
"We have submitted the report to Justice Katakey. We have also registered a case over the incident," said Vikash Kumar, the district police chief of East Jaintia Hills, to UNI over the phone.
Two coal miners were killed and several others injured in an explosion at at Thangsko village in East Jaintia Hills district on December 23. When one of the miners reportedly died on December 23, the other miner, identified as Ashok Tamang, succumbed to injuries at the Shillong Civil Hospi...