The Navy divers had detected on Wednesday the decomposed body of one of the miners at a depth of around 160 feet inside the main shaft.
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Tragic: Body of One of 15 Trapped Meghalaya Miners Found by Naval Divers
The officials said the body was spotted inside the rate-hole mine and naval divers brought it to its mouth.
SC Agrees to Hear Plea Seeking Urgent Steps for Rescue of Trapped Meghalaya Miners
A survivor of the accident said on Saturday there was no way the trapped miners would come out alive.
Amritsar Mining Engineer Who Rescued 64 from WB Flooded Quarry in 1989, to Aid Search of Trapped Coal Miners in Meghalaya
Over a dozen miners were reportedly trapped on December 13 after water from nearby Lytein river gushed into the illegal coal pit.