Muzaffarpur (Bihar): A day after Patanjali launched 'Coronil and Swasari' claiming it to be Ayurvedic cure for treating COVID-19 and said clinical trials have shown favourable results, a complaint has been filed before a court in Muzaffarpur, against Yog guru and Patanjali Ayurved MD Acharya Balkrishna alleging that they have misled and put at risk the lives of lakhs of people by claiming to have developed medicine to treat COVID-19.
Complaint filed in Bihar against Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna The complaint seeking registration of an FIR on cheating, criminal conspiracy and other charges was filed in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Mukesh Kumar here on Tuesday by Tamanna Hashmi, who identifies himself as a social worker and is often in news for his numerous court complaints against politicians over various issues.
The court posted the matter for hearing on June 30.
While talking to ETV Bharat, the complainant said, "Ramdev and Balkrishna failed to provide details of the Coronil tablet to the Ayush Ministry. They have now been stopped from advertising the tablet, thus leaving a question mark on the status of the alleged cure."
He also asked Ramdev if any misfortune happened with the consumer, will he take the sole responsibility?
The complainant has sought registration of a case under IPC sections 420 (cheating and dishonesty inducing delivery of property), 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 270 (malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life), among others.
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It is worth to note that the AYUSH Ministry had said on Tuesday that it has taken cognizance of news in the media about Ayurvedic medicines developed for the treatment of COVID-19 by Patanjali Ayurved Ltd, Haridwar and said the company has been asked to "stop advertising/publicising such claims till the issue is duly examined". In a release, the Ministry said that facts of the claim and details of the stated scientific study are not known to it.
It had said the concerned Ayurvedic drug manufacturing company has been informed that such advertisements of drugs including Ayurvedic medicines are regulated under the provisions of Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954 and directives issued by the Central government in the wake of COVID outbreak.
The Ministry had also issued a notification in April stating the requirements and how the research studies on COVID-19 with AYUSH interventions/medicines should be undertaken.
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