6.5 kg heroin seized in Rajouri
In a major haul, security forces on Friday recovered 6.5 kg of heroin in the border district of Rajouri.
In a major haul, security forces on Friday recovered 6.5 kg of heroin in the border district of Rajouri.
National-level laboratories and other health institutions have so far failed to identify the killer disease that has claimed 17 lives, including 13 children, in the Badhaal village of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.
The five-member team of experts from AIIMS Delhi spoke to 11 patients undergoing treatment and recorded their clinical history.
A spokesman of the Rajouri Police said that on the basis of a warrant received from a NIA court, extensive searches were conducted in Rajouri, Naushera, Thanamandi, Dharhal, Koteranka, Budhal, Manjakot, and Chingus.
Authorities on Wednesday sealed Rajouri’s Badhaal village and declared it a containment zone after four more youths fell seriously ill showing similar symptoms that the 17 people suffered before dying due to mysterious reasons.
While the number deaths in the Budhal village of Rajouri on Sunday increased to 17 with the death of another minor girl, the cause of the deaths remained a mystery.
The J&K government in a statement said that these deaths were not due to any communicable disease of bacteria or viral origin.
Lt Gen Navin Sachdeva, General Officer Commanding (GOC), White Knight Corps, on Saturday visited the border area of Rajouri to strengthen civil-military ties and recognize the pivotal role of local communities and veterans in maintaining peace and stability in the region.
As Jammu and Kashmir will undergo the second phase of assembly polls on September 25, the security has been tightened in the Rajouri district of the territory.
The terrorists had barged into the house in the Kunda Tope village to target Razaq’s brother, who is a soldier in the Territorial Army (TA), but he gave a slip and managed to escape.
