Illegal mining of coal near Chalkari village — which has caused several accidents in the past — continues to claim lives. Two women here on Tuesday succumbed to their injuries on the spot but fearing any police action in the wake of the causalities; their bodies were immediately fished out and whisked away.
"We have no information about any such incident and even though if such an incident might have happened, as a tradition, no one will speak about it at least before the police," police sources said. The women died have been identified as Rabina Khatoon and Samina Bibi, resident of Muslim tola near Charkali area while excavating coal from Chalkari private coal mine under the Peterwar police station of Bokaro district. Rabina Khatoon (30) and Samina Bibi (40) were crushed to death when the roof of the mine caved in. The Chalkari village is reportedly a key area where illegal mining has been carried out.
Sometime back also several persons were killed due to illegal coal mining but neither the local people nor the police want to talk about, revealed Hansraj Prasad, a local trade union leader. Soon after the incident Peterwar officer-in charge Mithlesh Kumar Mishra reached the spot and recovered Rabina Khatoon and Samina Bibi and sent them to the local CCl hospital ,where they were declared dead.The bodies of the victim were sent for autopsy after lodging FIR at Peterwar P.S. and were handed over to the family then.