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Officials seal Coldrif cough syrup bottles in Chhindwara, MP, on Sunday. (ANI)
Multiple teams of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) are Monday conducting searches at seven different locations in Chennai linked to Sresan Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer of Coldrif which has been linked to the deaths of several children, as part of a money laundering probe.
Several children in Chhindwara’s Parasia town in Madhya Pradesh fell ill and suffered kidney damage, allegedly after consuming Coldrif. At least 22 of them have died.
The cough syrup was found to contain lethal levels of diethylene glycol, and it has since been banned in multiple states.
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“Teams of the ED are conducting searches at seven premises linked to Sresan Pharmaceutical Manufacture and premises, including the residence of top officials of the Tamil Nadu drug control office,” a source said.
Sresan Pharmaceuticals owner G Ranganathan was arrested at his apartment in Kodambakkam, Chennai, by a seven-member team from the Madhya Pradesh Police last week. He was later produced before a court in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara, which sent him to 10 days’ police custody.
“Ranganathan has argued in court that he had been manufacturing the cough syrup for years without any issues,” a source said.
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