Omar Meets Victims' Families; Central Team Collects More Samples

Chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday visited Badhaal village and met families of the 16 people who lost their lives due to a "mysterious" illness since December 7 last year.

- HT Correspondent

JAMMU:

Expressing profound grief, Omar extended his condolences and assured the bereaved families of full support and assistance by his government.

Omar stressed that the government's priority is to ensure the prevention of such incidents in the future and immediate end to a spate of unfortunate deaths.

He assured the public that a detailed investigation is underway to determine the cause of the tragedy.

"The civil administration and health department are actively addressing the matter, while the police have constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the incident. Additionally, a central team has been deputed and is working diligently to uncover the reasons behind this unfortunate loss of life," he stated.