Chennai, Two senior drug inspectors have been placed under suspension for their "inaction" in the cough syrup adulteration case , and steps would be taken to permanently shut down the pharma company whose product allegedly claimed many lives, Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian said on Thursday.

The two senior drug inspectors were served notice as to why they had not inspected the Sresen Pharma manufacturing facility for two years and were later suspended, he said.

"Tamil Nadu was the first to confirm the adulteration in the cough syrup (Coldrif) and we immediately informed the Union Health Ministry, Madhya Pradesh , Odisha, and even Puducherry about the health hazard of consuming the cough syrup," Subramanian told reporters here when his attention was drawn to the arre

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