The body has been detected inside the 370-foot-deep coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district,
Over 100 personnel of the National Disaster Response Force and the State Disaster Response Force, along with police teams, are waiting for the water level to subside to begin rescue operations, the official said.
The miners are now feared dead as water from a nearby river has been gushing into the 370-feet-deep pit.
At least 15 miners were trapped in the 370 foot-deep illegal coal mine in Lumthari village of East Jaintia Hills district since December 13 and all efforts to pump the water out of flooded mine have been in vain.