Umrangso: Rescuers, in a major breakthrough on Saturday, retrieved the bodies of three miners from the flooded rat-hole coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasa.

Rescue workers discover another dead body of a labourer body trapped inside the coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao.

Those whose bodies were recovered on Saturday have been identified as 27-year-old Lijen Magar, a resident of Umrangso, 57-year-old Khushi Mohan Rai from Fakiragram and 37-year-old Sarat Goyari hailing from Thailapara, according to The Hindu.

The four deceased labourers are among the nine workers trapped inside the coal mine in Umrangsu on Monday after a sudden gush of water flooded the quarry.

In the ongoing rescue efforts at the Umrangso coal mine in Assam, authorities have identified the three bodies recovered so far today.

The bodies of three workers, who were trapped inside a coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district, were recovered on Saturday from the quarry during rescue operations, an official said

Four miners have died in the Umrangso coal mine tragedy in Assam, with five still missing. Rescue operations are ongoing to locate the missing miners.