Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh: Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath on Friday blamed mixing of \"brake oil solvent\" in cough syrups for the deaths of children with a suspected kidney ailment in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district since September 7.

The deaths reflect a complete breakdown of law and order and the administrative machinery, the former MP chief minister said.

The toll in the case reached nine after two children died in Nagpur in neighbouring Maharashtra on Thursday night, an official said.

Currently 13 children, comprising eight in Chhindwara and Nagpur, are undergoing treatment, the official said. Three of the five in Nagpur are on dialysis, he added.

\"Seven children have so far died in Chhindwara after consuming a toxic cough syrup. Emerging facts suggest that the lives of

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