It’s the outcome of illegal mining for a living that caused the death of one person.

A group of other illegal miners were reportedly trapped inside the abandoned coal mine that collapsed due to rain, reports indicate.

The incident took place in the early hours on Saturday in Jharkhand's Karma area of Ramgarh district, police said on Saturday.

A team of officials of the district administration has reached the site and a rescue operation was reportedly going on. The toll is expected to rise.

At the moment Kuju Police Outpost in-charge Ashutosh Kumar Singh told PTI, “One body has been recovered so far and rescue operation is underway, as more people are suspected to be trapped.”

Reports indicate that a group of miners from poor family was involved in illegal mining of coal from the abandoned coal mine.

A PTI report quotes -Ramgarh Deputy Commissioner (DC) Faiz Aq Ahmed Mumtaz as saying,”We received information about the incident in the morning. An administrative team has been sent to the spot to investigate the matter."

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