Cough syrup row: Madhya Pradesh drug controller transferred, 3 others suspended

BHOPAL/NAGPUR: Madhya Pradesh authorities connected Monday transferred the authorities drugs controller and suspended 3 of his subordinates, holding them accountable for the deaths of children, allegedly aft consuming Coldrif cough syrup, successful Chhindwara district, arsenic the toll mounted to 15, with 1 much miss undergoing attraction successful Nagpur succumbing connected Monday.Following CM Mohan Yadav's instructions, the authorities transferred MP Food and Drugs Administration controller Dinesh Maurya, and suspended lawman controller Shobhit Kosta, on with cause inspectors Sharad Jain and Gaurav Sharma. The CM besides visited Parasia and met the bereaved families.An 18-month-old girl, Dhani Dahriya, died Monday nighttime astatine GMCH, Nagpur. The hospital's paediatric section head, Dr Manish Tiwari, told TOI the miss was successful a heavy coma, though her kidney functions were successful revival stage. Kosta's suspension bid said helium failed to guarantee compliance with Centre's directives prohibiting usage of fixed dose operation of chlorpheniramine maleate and phenylephrine hydrochloride successful children beneath 4 years. On Monday, constabulary produced Dr Praveen Soni, who prescribed Coldrif to galore of the victims, earlier a tribunal successful Chhindwara, which remanded him successful judicial custody. NHRC has issued notices to MP, Rajasthan and UP, directing them to behaviour an inquiry, trial samples and prohibition Coldrif. It sought an enactment taken study successful 2 weeks.