The Kerala Drugs Control department has filed a complaint in a Kozhikode court against Uttarakhand-based Divya Pharmacy, which markets Baba Ramdev-owned Patanjali Ayurved’s products, for placing misleading advertisements in Malayalam and English language newspapers.
According to sources, the department is filing such a complaint against the firm in a court for the first time in the country. This happened on April 1, a day before the Supreme Court questioned the Union government for “shutting its eyes” while Patanjali Ayurved “tom-tommed” its products as panacea during the pandemic.
The court also threatened Mr. Ramdev with perjury proceedings on top of the contempt action against him.