Shillong, May 10: A male body was recovered from a coalpit in East Jaintia Hills on Sunday (May 10)
Police said on l May 9, information was received that the body was spotted in an abandoned coal mine in Moolait Bri Sumer village, East Jaintia Hills.
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On receipt of the information, a spot inquiry was conducted and found the body in a floating condition and it could not be retrieved on May 9 as the mine was deep.
Police said that on Sunday, the State Disaster Response Force ( SDRF) reached the site, and retrieved the body. The identity of the deceased could not be ascertained, police added.
Police said the identity of the person will be known only after receiving the postmortem report.
The postmortem was done on Sunday.
