Jammu, Feb. 20 -- Despite an inter-ministerial team rushed by Union home minister Amit Shah on January 18 and experts from top health institutes making a beeline to Badhaal village of Rajouri besides a special investigation team of the police formed to ascertain the root-cause of 16 deaths, no conclusive report has come into public domain as yet

Since December 7 last year, 16 people including 13 children died due to an illness in the village. A woman died due to pregnancy-related complications, taking the toll to 17.

"It's been over two months now since deaths started taking place from December 7 last year but final report has not been shared with us as yet," said a senior health official, who declined to be named. He said, "We are awai...