Hyderabad, Feb. 24 -- At least four people died and 10 others were hospitalised in the last 48 hours after allegedly consuming adulterated milk supplied by an unauthorised vendor in Rajamahendravaram (Rajahmundry) town of Andhra Pradesh's East Godavari district, police said on Monday.

Police registered a case and took the dairy operator into custody for interrogation.

According to East Godavari district superintendent of police (SP) D Narasimha Kishore, anuria (cessation of urine output) and kidney-related cases began surfacing in Chowdeshwari Nagar area from February 16, however, the matter recently came to the fore after two of the patients died.

"The incident came to light only after the condition of five patients turned critical an...