11-member SIT formed to probe 14 mysterious deaths in Rajouri village

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police have constituted 11-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the mysterious deaths that have been reported in the Badhal area of Rajouri district in the last 45 days.

According to an order, the team will be headed by Superintendent of Police (Operations), Budhal, Wajahat Hussain.

The members of the SIT include deputy superintendent of Police Kandi, station house officers of police station Kandi and women’s police station Rajouri, officials and experts from forensic medicine and toxicology, microbiology, pediatrics and pathology departments.

According to the order, the team will utilise the expertise of professionals from the food safety, agriculture, and Jal Shakti departments, as well as the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) Jammu.

“The team will make all sincere efforts to work out the inquest proceedings to its logical conclusion at an earliest,” it said.

At least 14 persons have died in the last 45 days in the Budhal area of Rajouri due to a mysterious illness with latest victim being a 6-year-old girl, who died while receiving treatment at a local hospital. (KNO)