Eleven children have died after consuming a contaminated cough syrup, leading to the arrest of a doctor in Madhya Pradesh. Dr. Praveen Soni, a pediatrician based in Parasia, prescribed the ‘Coldrif’ cough syrup to the affected children. The Madhya Pradesh government has taken legal action against Srisan Pharmaceuticals, a Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu-based company, that produced the contaminated syrup.
