In Chhattisgarh, police have arrested directors of two pharmaceutical companies which had supplied medicines that were used during the sterilization surgeries carried out at government-run health camps where 15 women died and more than 100 others fell ill after the operations.

These camps were organized in Pendari, Marwahi, Pendra and Gourella village of Bilaspur district as a part of family planning programme.

Our correspondent reports that directors of Raipur based Mahavar Pharma and Bilaspur based Kavita Pharmaceuticals were arrested in connection with the incident.

State government has imposed a blanket ban on all medicines, manufactured by Mahavar Pharmaceuticals, and appealed to people not to purchase and consume them.

Simultaneously, administration in almost all the districts are carrying out a search in all medical shops and all government hospitals to confiscate medicine stock banned after the sterilization deaths.

Meanwhile, Chhattisgarh government has constituted the judicial commission to probe the sterilization tragedy. Retired District and sessions judge Anita Jha will probe the matter. The commission has asked to submit its report within three months.