BHOPAL: A doctor from Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, was arrested in connection with the tragic death of 11 children after consuming toxic cough syrup. Praveen Soni, a paediatrician who prescribed Coldrif syrup to the children, was arrested this morning. Praveen, a doctor at a government hospital, was also running a private clinic where most children in the locality sought treatment.

The Madhya Pradesh government filed a case against Srisan Pharmaceuticals, a company based in the Kanchipuram district of Tamil Nadu, which manufactures Coldrif cough syrup. The government had earlier banned the sale of Coldrif after sample testing revealed that the medicine contained 48.6 per cent diethylene glycol, a highly toxic substance. The Tamil Nadu Drug Control Directorate declared the syrup, which was

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