BHOPAL: G. Ranganathan, owner of he infamous Sresan Pharmaceuticals, that is linked to the deaths of 24 children in Madhya Pradesh, was remanded to 10 days of police custody by a court in M.P.’s Chhindwara on Friday.
He was arrested at his home in Chennai by an M.P. Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Thursday, and produced before a court in Chhindwara’s Parasia, where a case has been registered.
A government paediatrician who has now been suspended, Dr. Praveen Soni, is already in judicial custody after he was arrested for prescribing the syrup to many of the deceased children at his private hospital in Parasia, where the highest number of deaths has been reported.
However, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has objected to his arrest, with doctors and pharmacists protesting in Chhindwara demanding his immediate release.
Earlier, M.P. authorities suspended two drug inspectors posted in Chhindwara and Jabalpur, and a deputy controller of the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), while transferring the Controller.
The Opposition Congress has demanded the removal of M.P. Deputy Chief Minister Rajendra Shukla, who also holds the Health portfolio.
