The FIR was filed in Jaipur’s Jyoti Nagar Police Station against Baba Ramdev for “Misleading” people by propagating “Coronil” as Coronavirus cure.
Jaipur| Days after AYUSH Ministry asked Patanjali to stop advertising its alleged Coronavirus drug “Coronil”, an FIR has been filed against its founder and Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev and four others. The FIR accuses Baba Ramdev of misleading people by propagating “Coronil” as a drug to cure Coronavirus infection.
On Tuesday, Patanjali Ayurved had launched “Coronil” tablet which it claimed can be used in Coronavirus treatment. Patanjali CEO Acharya Balkrishna vouched for the drug citing “100% result”. In a claim earlier this month, Balakrishna had said that ayurvedic medicine developed by Patanjali was able to cure at least 1,000 coronavirus patients within 5-14 days.
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Balakrishna, explaining the entire process, had said that Patanjali had appointed a team of scientists the moment the fatal virus started spreading outside China. He said, “Firstly, the simulation was done and compounds were identified which can fight the virus. Then we conducted a clinical case study on hundreds of positive patients and we have got 100 per cent favourable results,” reported Business Today.
However, the Ayush Ministry had asked them to stop advertising the product. Union Minister Sripad Naik appreciated Baba Ramdev’s effort for finding a drug for COVID-19 but said that it has to get an approval from the Ayush Ministry.
अश्वगंधा, गिलोय और तुसली की मात्रा बताई डॉक्टर ने उसी के एक्टिव कंपाउंड को लेकर हमने यह कोरोनिल नाम की आयुर्वेदिक औषधि इस संसार को कोरोना मुक्ति के लिए एक उपहार के रूप में दी है। लग से डिपार्टमेंट है।
पूज्य @yogrishiramdev जी pic.twitter.com/S7ioytekQ9— Patanjali Yogpeeth, Haridwar (@pyptharidwar) June 23, 2020
The FIR was filed in Jaipur’s Jyoti Nagar Police Station against Baba Ramdev, CEO Acharya Balkrishna, Scientist Anurag Varshney, NIMS Chairman Dr Balbir Singh Tomar and Director Dr Anurag Tomar for allegedly indulging in misleading propagation of “Coronil” as medicine which could be used to treat the infection.
Balram Jakhar who filed the FIR said that they were charged under Section 420 (Cheating) of IPC.
Earlier, the Rajasthan govt also sent a notice to Jaipur’s NIMS hospital seeking an explanation on conducting trials of Patanjali Ayurved‘s drug Coronil on coronavirus patients.
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