Overview

• Police registered an FIR naming paediatrician Praveen Soni and Sresan Pharmaceuticals’ directors under culpable homicide and drug adulteration provisions.
• A Tamil Nadu drug lab found 48.6% diethylene glycol in Coldrif batch SR-13 (mfg May 2025), officially declaring the sample adulterated and injurious to health.
• Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh ordered immediate halts to sale and use, while regulators issued alerts and began seizing the implicated batch.
• A 12-member Special Investigation Team is tracing the supply chain and has sent a team to Kancheepuram to examine Sresan’s licences and distribution records.
• At least eight children remain hospitalised in Nagpur, ex gratia payments have reached bereaved families, and political protests and a threatened doctors’ strike are adding pressure on authorities.