A Special Investigation Team (SIT) from Madhya Pradesh, with the assistance of Chennai City Police, arrested Ranganathan (75), the proprietor of Tamil Nadu-based Sresan Pharma, in connection with the manufacture of spurious cough syrup that has been linked to multiple child deaths across several states.

Ranganathan was picked up from his residence in Kodambakkam by the SIT, accompanied by personnel from the Ashok Nagar police station under whose jurisdiction the area falls.

He was subsequently taken to the Sunguvarchatram police station in Kancheepuram district for preliminary questioning.

The arrest pertains to the production of ‘Coldrif’ cough syrup, which was found to contain diethylene glycol (DEG), a toxic chemical compound that has been implicated in the deaths of children who

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