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Hussain’s body was the first to be spotted by the rescue team on January 16.Confirming this development, East Jaintia Hills district deputy commissioner FM Dopth informed that the body has been identified by the labourer’s wife and mother. “Efforts are being made to transport the body to their residence,” the DC told media persons on Friday. Of the 15, three were from Meghalaya while the rest had been from Assam. Meanwhile, police have been taking action against illegal transportation of coal and several arrests and seizures have been made in this connection over the last couple of days, a police official said. SHILLONG: The highly decomposed body of a miner, which was retrieved from the flooded ‘rat-hole’ coal pit at Khloo Ryngksan in East Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya by Indian Navy divers on Saturday, was identified on Friday as that of one Amir Hussain from Chirang district of neighbouring Assam.In his twenties, Hussain was one of the 15 ill-fated miners who had descended into the mine to dig for coal on December 13 last year..