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Tamil Nadu Shuts Sresan Pharma and Cancels Licence After Toxic Coldrif Findings

Financial-crime officers are searching Chennai properties as probes widen into child deaths linked to diethylene glycol contamination.

Saddam Mansuri, the father of two, shows bottles of Coldrif, linked to the deaths of several children and a Relife cough syrup, which is not linked to any deaths, but Indian authorities have asked people to avoid it, which he had been giving his one-year-old child, in Parasia, Madhya Pradesh, India, October 10, 2025. REUTERS/Priyanshu Singh
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Overview

  • Enforcement Directorate teams searched seven Chennai locations tied to Sresan Pharmaceuticals and senior Tamil Nadu drug control officials under the money-laundering law.
  • State testing reported roughly 48.6% diethylene glycol in a Coldrif batch—about 500 times the permissible limit—findings corroborated by Madhya Pradesh authorities.
  • At least 22 children in Madhya Pradesh died after consuming the syrup, prompting bans, stock seizures and a halt to distribution in multiple states and union territories.
  • Company owner G. Ranganathan was arrested by a Madhya Pradesh SIT last week and has been remanded to 10 days of police custody on charges including culpable homicide.
  • Inspectors documented more than 300 major GMP and GLP violations at the Kanchipuram unit, statewide inspections are underway, and WHO has flagged Coldrif among three syrups of concern with India saying the tainted batches were not exported.