Coldrif tragedy: Doctor held, SIT set up as Madhya Pradesh’s ‘syrup toll’ rises to 14

Madhya Pradesh’s cough syrup tragedy deepened as three more children died in Chhindwara, raising the toll to 14. A doctor was arrested for prescribing Coldrif, now banned after diethylene glycol was confirmed. An SIT is formed, and a child’s body exhumed for autopsy. The manufacturer is also booked as eight children remain hospitalized, highlighting a grave public health crisis.