CHENNAI/BHOPAL/NAGPUR: The adulterated cough syrup death toll rose to 23 after two more children died of renal failure Thursday, while police arrested Govindan Ranganathan (75), the owner of Tamil Nadubased Sresan Pharmaceuticals, which manufactured the Coldrif medicine. The latest victims — Garvik Pawar and Mayank Suryawanshi, both between one and two years old and residents of Umreth tehsil in MP’s Chhindwara district — died at GMCH in Nagpur. Doctors said they had suffered acute kidney failure and brain damage after taking the syrup laced with DEG, an industrial solvent used in brake fluids. Chhindwara accounts for 20 deaths, all recorded within 45 days. Ten children died at GMCH Nagpur, others in nearby hospitals. The deaths sparked a political blamegame. While MP CM Mohan Yadav

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