Two toddlers died and eight others were taken ill at a Government-run orphanage, prompting the district administration to order a probe.
The authorities have taken sample of the milk being fed to children at the Rajkiya Shishu Sadan here, Mathura District Magistrate Sarvagya Ram Mishra said on Friday.
Ten children of then orphanage fell ill on Wednesday with two of them dying of diarrhoea within the last three days, Mishra added.
Of the ten ailing children, four serious cases were referred to Agra medical college, while rest are being treated in Mathura district hospital here, he said.
He said despite the best possible treatment, two children below one and half years of age could not be saved and they died in Agra, the district magistrate added.
