Kolkata, Nov 8, 2025

A landslide in a coal mine in Asansol of West Burdwan district crushed a young man to death, the police said.

On Saturday morning, a legal coal mine collapsed in Charanpur village of the Barabani area of Asansol.

According to administrative sources, although the mine was legal, illegal coal mining was going on there for a long time, avoiding the attention of the state administration. Only a section of the villagers was involved in this activity, said sources.

It was learnt that a section of villagers and locals entered the mine in a similar way in the morning. A young man was crushed to death after the earth caved in. The rest of the villagers who were also at the spot fled, according to the police.

A section of the locals fear that many more may be trapped inside

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