Chhindwara (MP) (PTI): The Madhya Pradesh police have formed a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the death of 14 children in Chhindwara due to suspected renal failure, linked to the consumption of a “toxic” cough syrup, officials said on Sunday.

A doctor has been arrested for alleged negligence in connection with the child deaths, while a case has been registered against the maker of the medicine, Coldrif cough syrup, they said.

The body of the last victim was exhumed during the day for post-mortem, even as Chhindwara Additional Collector Dhirendra Singh said that ex gratia of Rs 4 lakh each, announced by Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, has been transferred to the bank accounts of the victims’ families.

Eight children are being treated in Nagpur -- four in a government hospital, one

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