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Owner Held, Licence Set for Cancellation as Toxic Coldrif Death Toll Reaches 22

Government tests detected extreme diethylene glycol contamination in a Coldrif batch, prompting nationwide recalls of three syrups and regulator assurances that none were exported.

Who Is G Ranganathan, Owner of Firm That Manufactured 'Killer' Cough Syrup?
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Overview

  • Police arrested Sresan Pharmaceuticals owner G. Ranganathan in Chennai on charges including culpable homicide and drug adulteration, and he is being brought to Madhya Pradesh on transit remand.
  • Tamil Nadu has suspended Sresan’s operations and sealed the Kancheepuram unit, with state officials saying permanent licence cancellation will follow after a brief inquiry; two senior state drug inspectors were suspended for oversight failures.
  • The confirmed death toll rose to 22 children, mostly from Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh, with several others still hospitalised in Nagpur after consuming Coldrif linked to acute kidney injury.
  • Regulators banned and recalled Coldrif, Respifresh TR and ReLife, halted production at implicated facilities, and multiple states conducted seizures and inspections to remove stocks and test samples.
  • India’s drug regulator told the WHO the syrups were not exported, while the WHO sought details and highlighted gaps in domestic DEG/EG screening for syrup medicines.