JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday said an investigation is underway by the home department into the recent death of 17 people in remote Badhaal village, with clinical reports and laboratory investigations detecting presence of insecticides in the visecra samples of the deceased.
The government was responding to the demands of a CBI probe into the matter by MLAs of the National Conference, People’s Democratic Party and Communist Party of India Marxist.
Seventeen people, including 13 children, died between December 7 and January 19 in the village. The deaths have sparked widespread concern among lawmakers and locals alike. PTI
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