The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the cough syrup tragedy that led to the deaths of 24 children in Madhya Pradesh arrested the wife of accused Dr. Praveen Soni, an official said on Tuesday, according to PTI .

Officials stated that Soni's wife owns the medical store from which the cough syrup was sold to numerous victims.

A total of seven individuals have been taken into custody in connection with the incident, the official said. Sresan Pharma’s owner G. Ranganathan, medical representative Satish Verma, chemist K. Maheshwari, wholesaler Rajesh Soni, and medical store pharmacist Sourabh Jain have been arrested.

A total of 24 children in Madhya Pradesh , most of them below five years of age, reportedly died from suspected kidney failure after being given Coldrif cough syrup.

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