India, March 29 -- More than a year after 17 people died under mysterious circumstances in a remote village in Rajouri district, the Jammu and Kashmir government has pointed to pesticide compounds and elevated cadmium levels as part of fresh, though provisional, findings into the incident.

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Close PlayerUnibots.com In a written reply to a starred question, Health Minister Sakeena Itoo said toxicological analyses conducted by the CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research and Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research found no evidence linking the deaths to a viral or bacterial outbreak.

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