Meghalaya Minister’s brother gets bail in coal mine mishap case
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Bison Shylla and his aide had sought pre-arrest bail in reference to an FIR on the accident that killed six labourers on January 21
The Meghalaya High Court has granted interim bail to 2 folks, together with the brother of a Cabinet Minister in a case associated to a coal mine mishap that killed six labourers in the State’s East Jaintia Hils district.
The single Bench of Justice W. Diengdoh heard the pre-arrest bail utility of Bison Shylla and his aide Tiufill Shadap on February 3. Bison Shylla is the brother of Social Welfare Minister Kyrmen Shylla.
In its order, the Bench allowed interim bail for the petitioners on the situation that they don’t abscond and tamper with proof and witnesses, apart from cooperating with the investigating officer as and when required.
The petitioners had filed for the pre-arrest bail in reference to a First Information Report filed on January 22 and registered with the Khliehriat Police Station in the coal-rich East Jaintia Hills district. The FIR adopted the demise of six labourers — all from Assam — in the accident on the coal pit close to Rymbai village.
The two individuals advised the court docket that they weren’t concerned with the coal mine the place the accident occurred, however they’d “a reasonable apprehension of being arrested” because the police had come searching for them.
The kin of the labourers killed in the mishap stated Mr. Shylla and Mr. Shadap had been engaged in mining though stories stated one Lar Bareh was recognized because the proprietor of the mine.
The National Green Tribunal, which had banned rat-hole coal mining in Meghalaya in April 2014, had not too long ago requested the State authorities to take stringent motion in opposition to these concerned in the unlawful extraction of the fossil gasoline.
