Bhopal: The Chhindwara Chemist Association has launched an indefinite strike starting midnight to protest the sealing of five chemist shops linked to the Coldrif cough syrup controversy. The association called the shop closures unfair and unjust, insisting that liability should lie with the manufacturers and approving laboratories, not local chemists who merely sold the product.

For the unversed, the Coldrif cough syrup tragedy that has claimed the lives of at least 20 children across Madhya Pradesh, allegedly due to diethylene glycol (DEG) contamination. The syrup, manufactured by Chennai-based Sresan Pharmaceuticals, was found to contain toxic industrial-grade chemicals instead of pharmaceutical-grade ingredients. Following the deaths, multiple states, including Himachal Pradesh and Ut

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