An 18-year-old youth, Sourav Goswami, was killed after a portion of the roof reportedly collapsed on him at the Charanpur Open Cast Coal Mine, under Barabani police station in West Burdwan district this morning.
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An 18-year-old youth, Sourav Goswami, was killed after a portion of the roof reportedly collapsed on him at the Charanpur Open Cast Coal Mine, under Barabani police station in West Burdwan district this morning.
Locals alleged that his father, Nimai Goswami, remains trapped under the debris. Search operations are still underway. Barabani police, under the Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC), have sent Sourav’s body to Asansol District Hospital for post-mortem examination.
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Family members rushed to the site after receiving the news.
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According to local sources, the father and son duo, along with several others, had gone for illegal coal mining in the open-cast pit early this morning. While others managed to escape, the two were unable to get out in time.
BJP leader Jitendra Tiwari alleged that illegal coal mining has recently resumed in Barabani, Kulti, Jamuria, Pandaveswar and Laudoha police station areas under the ADPC. “Whenever elections approach, the coal mafia syndicate becomes active in this region. This time, despite several cases and major arrests by both the ED and CBI in coal pilferage cases in the ECL leasehold area, the activity has started again,” he claimed.
The BJP has urged ADPC commissioner Sunil Kumar Choudhury to take stringent action against coal mafias operating in the coalfield region.
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