Overview

• A joint team of 35 NDRF personnel and 15 BCCL Mines Rescue Wing members started digging at three Block-2 locations on Thursday evening and resumed operations on Friday morning
• Giridih MP Chandra Prakash Choudhary and Jamshedpur West MLA Saryu Roy ended their protests after submitting lists of alleged trapped workers and demanding immediate action
• Dhanbad Deputy Commissioner Aditya Ranjan and local police say they have still found no physical evidence of any collapse at the suspected shafts
• Opposition leaders accuse a coal mafia of sealing mine entrances and disposing of bodies to cover up the incident and allege administrative complicity
• No formal FIR has been registered, prompting calls from lawmakers for an independent inquiry into illegal mining oversight and accountability failures