Guwahati, May 9 -- By NE NOW NEWS

Guwahati: A three-day sitting of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry, headed by Justice (retd) R.S. Chauhan, was held from May 6 to 8 at the State Guest House in Shillong in connection with the Mynsngat-Thangsko blast in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district that occurred on February 5.

The blast had claimed the lives of 33 migrant workers, most of them from Assam and Nepal, following which the state government set up a judicial inquiry to examine the incident.

During the proceedings on May 6, the Commission heard submissions from officials including the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest and Head of Forest, Shillong, representatives of the Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Ltd (Ranchi), t...