2024-02-26 13:15:20
An Indian national was sentenced to 20 years in jail by a court in Uzbekistan on Monday in connection with the deaths of as many as 68 children who allegedly consumed contaminated cough syrup produced by an Uttar Pradesh-based pharmaceutical company, news agency Reuters reported.
The Uzbekistan court jailed as many as 23 people, including the Indian national, for a period ranging from two to 20 years.
Singh Raghvendra Pratar, an executive director at Quramax Medical, a firm distributing medicines manufactured by India’s Marion Biotech in Uzbekistan, received the longest prison sentence, lasting for a period of 20 years.
The defendants were found guilty of tax evasion, sale of substandard or counterfeit medicines, abuse of office, negligence, forgery, and bribery, the Reuters report stated.
Furthermore, the court also said that compensation amounting to 80,000 US dollars (1 billion Uzbek sums) should be paid to each of the families of 68 children who died from consumption of the contaminated syrup.
Additionally, four other children who suffered disabilities will also receive the designated compensation. The compensation will be collected from seven of the convicts, the court said in its order.
A total of 86 children suffered poisoning after consuming the cold syrup, 68 of whom died.
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