Overview
- East Godavari officials reported 12 deaths as of Sunday, with nine more people still battling acute renal failure.
- Multiple forensic reports, including from the Regional Forensic Laboratory in Vijayawada, confirmed ethylene glycol in victims’ blood and milk samples.
- Investigators traced the cluster to Varalakshmi Milk Dairy, which supplied milk to roughly 106–110 families on February 15 and 16.
- Authorities say a freezer leak allowed ethylene glycol to mix with stored milk, a route consistent with the toxic exposures identified.
- The vendor, Addala Ganeswara Rao, has been arrested and remanded on multiple criminal charges as health teams halt the dairy’s supply and coordinate dialysis and specialist care.