Divers retrieve body in search for miners trapped in flooded shaft

An image provided by Indian Army shows rescue workers standing around a coal mine where at least nine workers are trapped (Indian Army/AP)

Army divers retrieved the body of one of at least nine miners trapped inside a flooded coal mine in India’s northeastern Assam state, officials said on Wednesday.

The miners were trapped on Monday when water gushed in from a nearby unused mine in the Umrangso area in Dima Hasao district, about 125 miles south of the state capital Guwahati.