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G. Ranganathan, proprietor of Kancheepuram-based Sreshan Pharmacy, was arrested by Madhya Pradesh Special Investigation Team successful Chennai connected Thursday (October 9, 2025) greeting for allegedly producing contaminated cough syrup linked to the deaths of respective children successful Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
According to constabulary sources, Ranganathan was detained from his residence successful Kodambakkam by a squad comprising members of the Madhya Pradesh Special Investigation Team (SIT) and Chennai’s Ashok Nagar police. The institution is accused of manufacturing the toxic Coldrif cough syrup linked to 21 deaths successful M.P.
Following his arrest, the SIT and Chennai constabulary jointly conducted a hunt astatine the company’s manufacturing portion successful Sunguvarchatram, Kancheepuram, to analyse accumulation records and samples.
Madhya Pradesh constabulary person booked Ranganathan nether the provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and different laws. Further probe is nether progress.
His 2,000 sq ft manufacturing installation located on the Chennai–Bengaluru Highway has been sealed, portion his registered bureau successful Kodambakkam remains shuttered.
Residents successful the country said the office, erstwhile frequented by visitors, was cleared retired past week, with unit seen shifting instrumentality and computers precocious astatine night.
Laboratory investigation conducted successful Tamil Nadu confirmed that Coldrif cough syrup contained toxic substances. Following this, the Madhya Pradesh authorities imposed a prohibition connected the merchantability of the merchandise arsenic good arsenic each different medicines manufactured by Sresan Pharmaceuticals, the Tamil Nadu-based company.
The confirmation was elaborate successful a study from the Tamil Nadu Director of Drugs Control, submitted to the Madhya Pradesh authorities connected October 4.
