The Chhattisgarh Police has registered an FIR against Yoga Guru Ramdev for allegedly spreading 'false' information about the medicines being used by the medical fraternity for the treatment of COVID-19.
According to reports, the FIR was registered against the yoga guru in Raipur.
Raipur Superintendent of Police, Ajay Yadav said that the case was filed on Wednesday night against Ramdev based on a complaint filed by the Chhattisgarh's unit of the Indian Medical Association (IMA).
The Senior SP said that the yoga guru has been booked under Section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 269 (negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and others of the IPC and provisions of Disaster Management Act, 2005.
Further investigation into the matter is underway, the officer added.
Chairman of Hospital Board IMA (CG) Dr. Rakesh Gupta, IMA's Raipur President, and Vikas Agrawal were among the doctors who had earlier lodged the complaint. As per the complaint, since over the last one year, Ramdev has been allegedly propagating false information and his threatening statements on social media against medicines being used by the medical fraternity, Government of India, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), and other frontline organizations in the treatment of coronavirus infection.
There are several videos of him on social media in which he had allegedly made such misleading remarks, it said. At a time when doctors, paramedical staff, and all branches of government and administration have been together battling COVID-19, Ramdev has been allegedly misleading people about established and approved treatment methods, the complaint said.
Ramdev's remarks on modern medical facilities and allopathy medicines, which have been curing over 90 percent of the patients, would put the lives of people in danger, it alleged. "During the investigation of the complaint, it was found that his statements amount to a violation of the notification of the Chhattisgarh government dated March 13 last year," the official said.
