SSP Rajouri constitutes SIT to investigate mystery deaths in Badhaal in Rajouri.

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SHYAM SOOD 

RAJOURI JAN 15:-Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rajouri, Gaurav Sikarwar on Tuesday constituted a 11-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by SP (Operations) Budhal, Wajahat Hussain in the wake of mounting public pressure and keeping in view the sensitivity of inquest proceedings into 14 deaths allegedly due to mystery illness.
Other members of the team are 6 from the police department and 4 from Health department (GMC) including experts from the departments of Forensic Medicines & Toxicology; Microbiology, Paediatrics, and Pathology.
SSP order read that keeping in view of the sensitivity of Inquest proceedings initiated into the deaths reported under the jurisdiction of Kandi (Koteranka) police station, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) comprising of officials/officers ( from police & health departments) is hereby constituted under the chairmanship of Sajahat Hussain(JKPS), SP Operations Budhal.
Order further read: “The team will make all sincere efforts to work out the inquest proceedings (three in number) to its logical conclusion at an earliest. In-charge shall also utilise services of experts from Food Safety, Agriculture, Jal Shakti, & experts of FSL team Jammu during the investigation”.
Earlier on Wednesday Sakeena Itoo , Health & Medical Education Minister said that efforts are on to ascertain the exact cause of unfortunate deaths.
“All the Sample tests taken after initial deaths, including water, food grains, rest of the things, biscuits they used, found negative after examination”, she said.
She added the health department got some samples tested through national institutes like ICMR, National Institute of Virology, National Centre for Disease control, CSIR, DRDO, PGIMER Chandigarh and others and all reports were found negative.
She further said that the well-being of our citizens is our top priority and we will leave no stone unturned to find out the root cause behind these tragic deaths.
She appealed to people to extend support to police, district administration during investigation to find out the root cause behind these deaths.