Indian cough syrup maker arrested after 17 child deaths

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Indian police have arrested the owner of Sresan Pharmaceutical Manufacturer, the cough syrup company linked to the deaths of at least 17 children in the central state of Madhya Pradesh, a senior police officer from the region told Reuters on Thursday. The children, all under five years of age, died in the past month after consuming cough medicine containing toxic diethylene glycol in