India, Jan. 13 -- A death analysis study commissioned by the state government has linked 15 of the 21 deaths in Indore's Bhagirathpura area to consumption of sewage-contaminated water, people familiar with the matter said.

Indore divisional commissioner Sudam Khade said 15 were linked to "diarrhea and related symptoms caused by contaminated water." He said the autopsy reports in two cases were awaited and the remaining four deaths were due to reasons such as kidney failure and cardiac arrest.

The analysis, conducted by doctors at the city's Mahatma Gandhi Medical College (MGM), Indore, was submitted to the state government on Tuesday. "Their mandate was to find how many have died because of drinking contaminated drinking water," a senio...