Navy sends specialized team for rescue of trapped miners in Assam
The Indian Navy has dispatched a highly specialized team to aid in the rescue of miners trapped in Umrangso, a remote industrial town in Assam’s Dima Hasao district.
Five young men, including a student, were found dead inside a vehicle in a village in Assam’s Nalbari district on Thursday, police said.
Police said a group of 24 people had gone for a picnic from Bordighala village on Wednesday morning and returned at night.
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“The five youths spent the night inside the vehicle they had hired for the picnic. However, on Thursday morning, we saw all of them were unconscious,” a police officer quoted locals as saying.
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They were rushed to a hospital where they were declared dead.
Police said that there were no visible injury marks on the bodies and believe they may have been suffocated inside the vehicle.
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