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Madhya Pradesh Bans Coldrif After 48.6% DEG Found as Doctor Held in Child Deaths

A national team is probing a Sresan Pharmaceuticals batch tested with diethylene glycol.

official looks at bottles of the Coldrif ough syrup after a raid by the Drug and Pharmaceuticals Department officials at Kataria Pharmaceuticals, after the deaths of 11 children, nine in Madhya Pradesh and two in Rajasthan, allegedly linked to contaminated cough syrup, in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025 | PTI
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A total of 11 children have also died in Madhya Pradesh's Chindwara district due to the consumption of the Coldrif cough syrup.

Overview

  • Government testing in Chennai found Coldrif Batch SR-13 (Mfg May 2025, Exp Apr 2027) contained 48.6% diethylene glycol and declared the sample not of standard quality.
  • Madhya Pradesh ordered statewide seizure of Coldrif and other Sresan products after Tamil Nadu’s ban, with Kerala and Rajasthan imposing curbs or suspensions and Telangana issuing a public alert.
  • Police filed FIRs against Sresan Pharmaceuticals and paediatrician Praveen Soni; Soni was arrested and suspended as inquiries into alleged negligence and adulteration proceed.
  • The Union Health Ministry and CDSCO launched risk-based inspections of manufacturers in six states and convened an urgent meeting of state health and drug regulators today.
  • Officials report 11–14 child deaths tied to suspected acute kidney injury in Chhindwara and related cases in Rajasthan, with patient samples sent to NIV Pune and some early non-Coldrif samples reported DEG-free.