Overview
- The National Human Rights Commission opened oversight proceedings in the case and said the deaths raise serious human‑rights concerns.
- The commission ordered Andhra Pradesh’s Chief Secretary G. Sai Prasad and police chief Harish Kumar Gupta to file a report within two weeks on survivor care, the investigation, and compensation.
- Sixteen people have died after drinking milk reportedly tainted with ethylene glycol, which caused multi‑organ failure.
- Investigators traced the suspected source to a dairy in Narsapuram that supplied more than 100 homes through a local vendor.
- Three patients remain in critical condition as the state provides free treatment and has deployed specialist doctors to the hospitals.