Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh): The death toll in the Chhindwara cough syrup tragedy shot up to 25, sources said on Saturday.

But the list of the deceased provided by the administration does not contain the names of two children who lost their lives after consuming toxic cough syrup.

Two ailing children from Betul were brought to Parasia for treatment, and both died, but the list provided by the Chhindwara administration did not include those names.

At present, three children undergoing treatment in Nagpur are five-year-old Kunal Yaduwanshi, a resident of Parasia; four-year-old Ambika Vishwakarma, a resident of Chorai-Kakai Bohna village; and eight-year-old Karvatya Sahu, a resident of Barangateli village in Parasia.

On the heels of the tragedy, the government banned Coldrift, a cough sy

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