Meghalaya: Powerful blast rocks coal mining village

Shillong: A powerful bomb went off at a labour camp early on Thursday in a remote coal mining village in the Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya, killing a young man and injuring nine miners.

The police said the blast took place at Rasong village under Khliehriat sub-division at around 2 AM, leaving a crater about one foot deep at the site.

Mintu Das, 26, hailing from Assam, was killed on the spot while the injured were shifted to the nearest hospital in a critical condition.

The police did not rule out involvement of militants or mine owners in the blast.

The police did not rule out involvement of militants or mine owners in the blast and said a formal inquiry would reveal the truth.

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