Coronil row: FIR lodged against Baba Ramdev, 4 others in Jaipur

An FIR has been filed against yoga guru Ramdev, Patanjali Ayurved Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Acharya Balkrishna, and three others in Jaipur for allegedly putting the lives of lakhs of people at risk by claiming to have developed a COVID-19 cure.

Jaipur: An FIR has been filed here against yoga guru Ramdev, Patanjali CEO Acharya Balkrishna and three others.

The FIR alleges that Baba Ramdev was "misleading" people by propagating Patanjali Ayurved's drug Coronil as a cure for the infection.

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The FIR was filed under various sections of the IPC including Section 420 (Cheating) in Jaipur's Jyoti Nagar Police Station against Ramdev, Balkrishna, scientist Anurag Varshney, National Institute of Medical Science (NIMS) Chairman Balbir Singh Tomar and Director Anurag Tomar on Friday.

In addition to this, Rajasthan's Health Department has also served a notice to NIMS Hospital, Jaipur, seeking an explanation on the trials conducted on coronavirus patients.

The launch of the drug by yoga guru Ramdev on Tuesday triggered a debate after which the Ayush Ministry sought all information on its trial and put a ban on advertising it as a drug to cure coronavirus.

The Rajasthan government has clarified that the drug cannot be not used as a medicine in the state without the permission of the Ministry of AYUSH.