By Admin 
MP SIT has taken major action in the case of children dying due to kidney infection due to drinking cough syrup in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh. The accused in the death case, Ranganathan Govindan, owner of Srisan Pharmaceutical, has been taken into custody. Chhindwara SP Ajay Pandey said that this action was taken in Chennai on the night of 8 October. After the arrest, MP SIT will bring the accused to Madhya Pradesh on transit remand. A total of 20 children have died so far in Chhindwara due to drinking spoiled cough syrup. Let us tell you that a reward of twenty thousand rupees was announced for the arrest of company owner Ranganathan Govindan.
Deaths related to cough syrup first came to light in Chhindwara and Betul districts of Madhya Pradesh, where several children died in the last two weeks. After this, incidents related to the same syrup were also recorded in some areas of Rajasthan. According to Chhindwara administration, after drinking Coldrif syrup, children showed symptoms like vomiting, difficulty in urination and high fever. During investigation, doctors found that the children’s kidneys had stopped functioning. All the deceased children were aged between two and five years. Many were admitted to hospitals in Nagpur and Bhopal, where tests found exposure to diethylene glycol in their bodies.
Screw the company and the owner
Srisan Pharma is located in Tamil Nadu. It has already been involved in quality violation cases. According to sources, the company had sent several batches of Coldrif syrup to Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra without thoroughly testing it. SIT investigation revealed that the company used diethylene glycol instead of glycerol. This chemical is very harmful for the human body. Due to the same chemical, children also died in Gambia in 2022 and Uzbekistan in 2023, which were incidents related to Indian medicines.
Officials were also blamed for investigation and action
Madhya Pradesh and Central Government together have formed a joint investigation committee. In the action taken so far, the owner of the company Ranganathan Govindan has been arrested. Two medicine controllers and one deputy director have been suspended. Apart from this, the State Medicine Controller has been transferred. Chhindwara’s doctor Praveen Soni was also arrested on charges of negligence and prescribing wrong medicines. A senior officer said that this is not just negligence but a criminal matter. If it is proved that the company deliberately used poisonous chemicals, then the accused will be charged with culpable homicide (IPC 304).
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