WHO linked the syrups made by India's Maiden Pharmaceuticals to the deaths of 70 children in 2022, though govt stated that subsequent lab tests showed the syrups were not toxic.
At least 70 children died from acute kidney injury in Gambia last year, cases the WHO linked to medicines made by Indian drugmaker Maiden Pharmaceuticals.
Harayan's drug controller, Manmohan Taneja, is accused of taking bribe worth Rs 50 million from Maiden Pharmaceuticals to switch samples before the lab tests in India.
The deaths of at least 70 children in Gambia has dented the pharmaceutical industry's image, though India says the drugs made by New Delhi-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd were not at fault.
The Centre's statement comes weeks after the WHO alerted that the firm’s cough syrups could potentially be linked to the death of 66 children in Gambia.
Nearly 70 children had died from the same illness in Gambia after taking a paracetamol syrup. The WHO had 'potentially' linked their deaths to cough syrups manufactured in India.
Gambia's government on Friday said the number of child deaths from acute kidney injury, thought to be linked to Indian-made cough syrups, has risen to 70 from a previous toll of 69.
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