Shillong, Sept 24: Another 18,000 metric tonnes of illegally mined coal have “gone missing” from East Jaintia Hills, Justice (retd) B.P. Katakey revealed in his 32nd interim report.

Katakey, who heads the one-man committee appointed by the Meghalaya High Court to oversee coal transportation in the state, said he has alerted the district administration and sought a probe.

“I have asked the district administration of East Jaintia Hills to file an FIR and start an investigation over the missing coal,” Katakey told The Assam Tribune.

He described the case as “the tip of the iceberg,” pointing out that authorities have so far verified just 138 coal dumps, even though more than 1,500 coordinates of suspected illegal coal sites have been identified.

The illegal dumps were first detected duri

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