Nagaland: 4 found dead in abandoned coal mine in Longleng

Kohima: Four miners were killed following mudslides at an illegal coal mine at Yonglok village in Longleng district of Nagaland, the police said on Monday.

However, the exact circumstances of their presence at the mine are yet to be established. Also, the exact cause of the death could not be established since their families refused to get their postmortem conducted, said officials.

The mine was recently shut down following a state government order banning illegal coal mining and a provisional ban on licensed mining activity, the police said.