Chhindwara : Ranganathan Govindan, owner of Tamil Nadu-based Sresen Pharma that manufactured contaminated cough syrup ‘Coldrif’ linked to the deaths of more than 20 children in Madhya Pradesh, was on Friday remanded in 10-day police custody by a court here.

Ranganathan, who was held in the southern state on Thursday by a Special Investigative Team set up by the MP government, was produced before Additional Session Judge Gautam Gurjar in Parasia town after he was brought on transit remand from a Chennai court, SIT chief Jitendra Jaat said.

The court has remanded Ranganathan Govindan in 10-day police remand, Jaat told PTI.

Additional collector Dhirendra Singh Netri maintained that so far 22 children have died because of “contaminated” Coldrif syrup.

These children, from Chhindwara a

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