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Health authorities in Jammu and Kashmir have discharged the remaining 13 people from an isolation centre following mysterious deaths in the remote Badhaal village of Rajouri district.

 

According to officials, with the release of these 13 individuals, all 395 people held in three different isolation centres in Rajouri town have returned home over the past week after spending more than three weeks in quarantine.

 

Approximately 350 members of 17 families were allowed to return home on February 13, while a second batch of 32 villagers followed on February 15, officials said.

 

The mysterious illness has claimed 17 lives from three families, including 13 children, under unexplained circumstances between December 7 and January 19 in Badhaal village of Kotranka Sub-division.

 

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Despite investigations by high-profile medical teams, the cause of these deaths remains unknown.

 

Preliminary findings suggest a brain-damaging neurotoxin in the food chain may be responsible, but investigations are ongoing to determine the exact cause and ensure the safety of the village's population.

 

The last group of 13 individuals from Badhaal, who had been quarantined at the Government Medical College (GMC) Rajouri, was discharged and sent home on Wednesday.

 

GMC Rajouri has been leading the response efforts, with a team of medical professionals working tirelessly to contain the situation and uncover the cause behind the mysterious deaths.