New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a CBI investigation into the deaths of children in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan after the consumption of toxic cough syrup.

The PIL filed sought a retired Supreme Court judge to monitor a probe and inquiry into the manufacture, regulation, testing and distribution of contaminated cough syrups.

The petition by Advocate Vishal Tiwari called for the constitution of a National Judicial Commission or Expert Committee headed by a retired Supreme Court judge to conduct a comprehensive inquiry into the manufacture, testing, and distribution of contaminated cough syrups containing Diethylene Glycol (DEG) and Ethylene Glycol (EG), the same toxic compounds that have previously ...