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    Five officials of Rid Pharmaceuticals Ltd. were acquitted of charges related to the deaths of 28 children from toxic paracetamol syrup manufactured by the company in 2009. The officials acquitted were the managing director, two directors, and two pharmacists. The judge criticized medicine authorities for their inefficiency in presenting the case to the court. Four additional cases had been filed against the officials in other districts related to deaths from the contaminated medication.

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    Five officials of Rid Pharmaceuticals Ltd. were acquitted of charges related to the deaths of 28 children from toxic paracetamol syrup manufactured by the company in 2009. The officials acquitted were the managing director, two directors, and two pharmacists. The judge criticized medicine authorities for their inefficiency in presenting the case to the court. Four additional cases had been filed against the officials in other districts related to deaths from the contaminated medication.

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    Five officials of Rid Pharmaceuticals Ltd. were acquitted of charges related to the deaths of 28 children from toxic paracetamol syrup manufactured by the company in 2009. The officials acquitted were the managing director, two directors, and two pharmacists. The judge criticized medicine authorities for their inefficiency in presenting the case to the court. Four additional cases had been filed against the officials in other districts related to deaths from the contaminated medication.

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    11/28/2016

    Allacquittedin2009toxicparacetamolcase|TheDailyStar

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    11:57 AM, November 28, 2016 / LAST MODIFIED: 12:57 PM, November 28, 2016

    All acquitted in 2009 toxic paracetamol


    case

    Star Online Report

    Five officials of Rid Pharmaceuticals Ltd were acquitted today in the case of manufacturing paracetamol
    syrup that killed at least 28 children in 2009.
    The five officials of the pharmaceutical company are Managing Director Mizanur Rahman; directors
    Sheuli Rahman, and Abdul Gani; and pharmacists Mahbubul Islam and Enamul Haque.

    READ MORE: Law too weak to protect people


    Among them, Mizanur Rahman and his wife Sheuli Rahman are currently on bail while the other three
    are still at large.

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    11/28/2016

    Allacquittedin2009toxicparacetamolcase|TheDailyStar

    Judge M Atoar Rahman of Dhaka Drug Court passed the acquittal order this morning slamming the
    medicine authorities for their inefficiency in producing the case before the court.
    From June to August in 2009, 28 children died across the country of renal failures caused by the intake of
    paracetamol syrup and suspension manufactured by Rid Pharma.
    On August 10 the same year, Shafiqul Islam, then superintendent of drug administration, filed the case
    against the accused with Dhaka Drug Court.

    Four more cases were filed against them in Brahmanbaria, Comilla, Narayanganj and Sylhet.

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