Narshingpur/Bhopal, Oct. 3 -- Madhya Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and Health Minister Rajendra Shukla on Friday issued a clarification over his earlier remarks in which he had denied any link between the cough syrup and the deaths of six children in Chhindwara district stating that he had only talked about three syrups whose contamination test report had been recieved stating that nothing was found in it.

A total of nine children have died so far in the suspected cough syrup consumption case in Chhindwara district, said Dr Pawan Nandurkar, Associate Professor and Head of Paediatrics at Chhindwara Institute of Medical Sciences on Friday.

Addressing reporters in Narsinghpur, Shukla said, "Samples of approximately 12 types of medicines ha...