Jammu, Feb. 21 -- After spending weeks in quarantine, all 395 residents of Badhaal village in Rajouri district have finally returned home. However, concerns continue to mount over the unexplained deaths of 17 villagers-including 13 children-between December and January.
The villagers, who had been placed in quarantine following the sudden deaths, were released in phases. The last group of 13 residents was discharged on Wednesday, while the majority-around 350 members of 70 families-were permitted to return last Saturday after spending 22 days in quarantine at Government Nursing College and Government Boys' Higher Secondary School in Rajouri town. Earlier, on February 15, a second batch of 32 villagers, who had been in isolation due to heal...