Rescue operations continue in Umrangso, Assam, with four bodies recovered from a flooded coal mine, as authorities investigate the illegal operation.

Nine workers were trapped inside the mine in Umrangso, a remote industrial town near the Assam-Meghalaya border, on Monday when it was flooded by a sudden gush of water.

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.

The body of a miner was recovered from a flooded coal mine in a remote district of India's northeastern state of Assam on Wednesday, two days into the search for nine men trapped below ground. The mine,

The body of one of the nine workers trapped inside a coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district was recovered by army divers on Wednesday, the third day of the rescue operations, officials said

One lifeless body has been recovered from the coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao two days after it was flooded with water, media reports said.