All acquitted in 2009 toxic paracetamol case
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.
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Among them, Mizanur Rahman and his wife Sheuli Rahman are currently on bail while the other three are still at large.
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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