Owner of Indian Cough Syrup firm arrested after deaths of 17 children

Indian police have arrested the owner of Sresan Pharmaceutical Manufacturer, the company whose cough syrup has been linked to the deaths of at least 17 children in Madhya Pradesh. A senior police officer told Reuters on Thursday that the arrest followed a probe into the deaths of children — all under five years old — who had consumed the company’s cough medicine over the past month. Preliminary tests revealed that the syrup contained dangerously high levels of diethylene glycol, a toxic chemical often used in industrial products such as antifreeze. Officials said the concentration was nearly 500 times the permissible…

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