Overview

• Police from Madhya Pradesh, working with Tamil Nadu authorities, detained S Ranganathan in Chennai and moved him to Kanchipuram for further investigation, with court proceedings to secure transit remand expected.
• Officials have confirmed 20 child deaths linked to the syrup, with 17 in Chhindwara, two in Betul, and one in Pandhurna, and a local distributor’s premises sealed.
• State drug-control findings reported diethylene glycol at about 48.6 percent in Coldrif, which Reuters reporting described as nearly 500 times the permissible limit, prompting Tamil Nadu to pursue criminal action against the manufacturer.
• Five children remain in critical condition in Nagpur, and the Madhya Pradesh government has committed to covering treatment costs and deployed a monitoring team of executive magistrates and doctors.
• Authorities in Chhindwara sealed five medical stores and sent samples for testing, while a government pediatrician’s bail was denied and he remains in 14-day judicial custody as the IMA warns against wrongful implication of doctors.