Pharma firm owner held over 21 deaths in MP 'due to cough syrup'
bhopal, Oct. 10 -- The Madhya Pradesh police have arrested Sreesan Pharma director G Ranganathan after the Coldrif cough syrup manufactured by the company led to the deaths of 21 children in Chhindwara district of the state. The police had on Wednesday night announced a reward of Rs.20,000 for information on the owner. "The SIT team formed by the Madhya Pradesh government raided Chennai on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday and arrested Ranganathan," said Ajay Pandey, superintendent of police, Chhindwara. "Ranganathan was absconding with his wife. In Chennai, Ranganathan's 2,000-square-foot apartment on the Chennai-Bengaluru highway was sealed, while his registered office in Kodambakkam was found closed," said the SP. The investigation team also seized important documents, drug samples and production records from the company in Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu. The police had registered a case against paediatrician Dr Praveen Soni and syrup manufacturer Sreesan Pharmaceuticals under BNS sections 276 (adulteration of drugs) and 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder)....
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