In Jammu and Kashmir nine more patients hailing from Badhaal area of Kotranka Sub Division in Rajouri district, where 17 deaths took place due to ‘mysterious illness’ recently, were admitted to GMC Rajouri yesterday.  Akashvani Jammu Correspondent reports that the condition of the minor girl undergoing treatment in SMGS Hospital Jammu and the youth in PGI Chandigarh has improved. The 11 members Special Investigation Team (SIT), which was constituted by the UT Government to uncover the mystery, has so far picked up more than 100 people as a part of its investigation. The inter-ministerial Central team deputed by the Union Home Minister stayed for couple of days in the affected area and collected more than 200 samples of the food and other items. Meanwhile, the MLAs of Budhal, Thanna Mandi and Rajouri-Javid Iqbal Choudhary, Muzaffar Iqbal Khan and Iftikhar Ahmed, in a joint statement expressed deep concern over the recent tragedy in which 17 lives were lost.