Sanjidi coal mine explosion: Case filed against coal mine owners, management

QUETTA/ALPURI: A case has been registered against the coal mine owners and management in connection with an explosion in a mine in Sanjidi area of Quetta.

According to details, Hina Police Station registered an FIR on January 9 on the complaint of Mines Department Inspector Abdur Rashid. Sheikh Abdul Aziz, son of Sheikh Abdul Latif, and Hayat Khan, son of Haji Amir, from the United Mines Company have been nominated. The FIR includes Sections 322 and 34.

Twelve miners were trapped inside, while the bodies of 11 were taken out. Five miners were laid to rest at the ancestral graveyards in Shangla district. The explosion, caused by the buildup of toxic methane gas, led to a fire and the collapse of the mine’s roof 6,000 feet underground.

Meanwhile, five more miners, who had lost their lives in the Sanjdi coalmine tragedy in Balochistan, were laid to rest at ancestral graveyards in the Shangla district as efforts were being made to recover the last trapped coalminer Amanullah.

It may be mentioned that Amanullah, along with 11 other miners, was trapped after a tragic gas explosion on Friday evening at the mine, located 40 kilometres from Quetta in Balochistan.

The explosion, caused by a buildup of toxic methane gas, led to a fire and the collapse of the mine’s roof. While 12 miners were working 6,000 feet underground at the mine. Ten of them hailed from Shangla. Rescuers recovered and transported the bodies of nine miners to Shangla, where they were buried.

The deceased were identified as Roshan Zeb, Izharuddin, Muhammadiya Malik, Nauman Aziz, Muhammad Shafi, Umar Wali, Wahid Zaman, Nizamuddin, and Akbarullah Luqman. Efforts were being made to recover Amanullah’s body.