DIKCHU: Parimal Roy, a 40 years old labourer of Jai Prakash Industries Ltd was found dead yesterday in the Distilling Chambers Tunnel here in Dikchu. It is informed that the deceased, a resident of Jalpaiguri District, had been missing since lunch time on May09 following which a search party of the Company was deployed to search him and finally recovered his dead body from distilling chamber tunnel on 10th May.
Distilling Chamber Tunnel is ready for use but has not been made operational yet.This tunnel is totally dark and unlit, and also has a huge crater inside it due to which Company has prohibited the entry of the people in the chamber.
It is believed that deceased probably died from a fall into crater. Unfortunately, when the search team were searching for him yesterday morning, 25 years old Kiran Rai also fell down into the same crater while trying to reach the victim's dead body.
Kiran Rai,resident of Bijanbari ,Darjeeling district also sustained grievous injuries due to the fall and was immediately rushed to Singtam Hospital.however, he succumbed to his injuries on way to hospital.
Both dead bodies have been sent for the post-mortem examination.The Sikkim Police is investigating the case and no foul play has been established yet.
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