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A.S. Jayanth

In a first, Kerala Drugs Control dept. files complaint against Patanjali in Kozhikode court

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.

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