Shillong: Eight migrant daily-wage labourers were killed and three others were injured in an attack in the coal mines of Nagalbibra-Jadi in Meghalaya. The labourers were allegedly attacked with sharp weapons while they were sleeping. All eight workers were from Assam.
The bodies of the victims were handed over to the Assam government on Tuesday. The Tarun Gogoi government has asked the Meghalaya government to protect Assamese workers in the state.
"We have condemned the incident in the strongest possible terms and asked the government of Meghalaya to strengthen security in the area where the unfortunate incident occurred on Sunday night," Assam Home Secretary GD Tripathi said said.
The Assam government has announced an ex-gratia grant of Rs two lakh to the families of the eight coal mine labourers.
The sources said that the attack created fear among the migrant population especially in remote mining villages where they were employed. The security has been tightened in the South Garo mine fields in the wake of the incident.
Of the eight coal mine labourers, seven hailed from Goalpara and one from Bilasipara, official sources said.
(With Additional Information From PTI)
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