Deaths in toxic paracetamol: 6 BCI officials jailed

A Dhaka court on Monday jailed six owners and employees of the now-defunct BCI (Bangladesh) for 10 years for producing lethal paracetamol.

One of the company’s directors Shahjahan Sarker and five absconding others have also been fined Tk 2 lakh each in the two cases of 1992.

Dhaka Drug Court Judge M Atoar Rahman handed down the punishment.

BCIB was among the five companies tested positive for using lethal and cheap chemical diethylene glycol in their paracetamol syrups. The toxin accounted for 76 child deaths in 1992.