Rewa, Oct. 5 -- Following 14 deaths in Chhindwara allegedly due to consuming cough syrup, Madhya Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Rajendra Shukla on Sunday said that 48.6 per cent diethylene glycol was found in the now-banned Coldrif syrup in the lab test reports.

He further said that as soon as the report came, the syrup was banned throughout the state, and the largest stock in Jabalpur was also sealed.

Speaking to ANI, the Deputy Chief Minister said, "The test reports for the three medicines that came in earlier did not find any toxic substances of this kind...The report on the syrup from the Tamil Nadu factory came late at night and the cause of deaths was revealed: 48.6 per cent diethylene glycol, a highly banned chemical. Following th...