6 migrant workers dead after falling into pit in India's Meghalaya forest
Locals alleged the migrant workers whose bodies were found inside the pit this morning were digging an illegal coal mine
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Six migrant workers from Assam died after they fell into a 150-feet pit in a forest in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills, the same district where 15 men disappeared inside an illegal rat-hole mine after it collapsed in December 2018.
Locals alleged the migrant workers whose bodies were found inside the pit this morning were digging an illegal coal mine, reports the NDTV.
However, government sources said there is no coal mine in the area and the workers were involved in cutting and shaping hard soil for other purposes.
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