In the ongoing rescue efforts at the Umrangso coal mine in Assam, authorities have identified the three bodies recovered so far today.

With the latest discovery of bodies, the total number reached four, with the first one taken out from the mine on Wednesday.

Rescue operations are underway in Assam 's Dima Hasao district after a coal mine in Umrangsu flooded, trapping nine workers. The incident took place on Monday when water suddenly inundated the quarry. So far, four bodies have been recovered, with the first body retrieved on Wednesday.

In Guwahati, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the mine was earlier run by the state’s mines and minerals department but was abandoned 12 years ago, calling Monday’s mining operation “illegal”.

Leader trapped in Assam's flooded coal mine arrested; dewatering of 340ft-shaft continues with ONGC and Coal India machines. Congress protests illegal coal syndicate, accusing CM Sarma's government of failure,

The Assam Police has arrested Hanan Laskar, a manager linked to the rat-hole coal mine disaster in Umrangso, Dima Hasao district.

Efforts to rescue eight people from a coal mine in Assam entered the fifth day on Friday, with Coal India installing a 500 GPM (gallons per minute) pump to dewater the mine, in which the people have been trapped since January 6.

At least 8 miners are trapped, three confirmed dead at the time of producing this bulletin, as rescue teams battle against time in Assam This is the grim reality unfolding in the state's Dima Hasao district,

Several miners are trapped inside in a coal mine at 3 Kilo, Umrangso area since January 6. Reportedly, as of now only one body has been recovered from the mine, as teams from the Army and Navy work to rescue trapped miners.