RAIPUR: More than 50 people have died from a mysterious ailment in a remote village in Sukma district of Bastar in a short span of time, triggering alarm in nearby areas.
While local media reports put the death toll in Regdagatta village at 61 over a six-month period, the administration says there were 50-52 deaths, spread over two years. Even then, it’s alarming that 50 people in a village of 800 have died without their families getting to know what killed them.
