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XBhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Thursday reviewed the condition of children undergoing treatment in Nagpur after consuming a toxic cough syrup that claimed 22 lives in Chhindwara and Betul districts.

The CM said the state government has arrested the owner of the Tamil Nadu-based pharmaceutical company that manufactured the banned syrup, Coldrif and those responsible for the deaths of the children due to the use of a toxic cough syrup will not be spared.

He was speaking to reporters after visiting hospitals in Nagpur, where several affected children from Chhindwara are undergoing treatment. The children, all under five years of age, died after consuming the cough syrup, containing toxic diethylene glycol in quantities nearly 500 times the permissible limit. T

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