PATNA: The state branch of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Monday filed an FIR against yoga guru Ramdev and Patanjali Yogpeeth with the Patrakar Nagar police station in Patna.
The FIR was lodged by IMA state secretary Dr Sunil Kumar.
SHO of Patrakar Nagar police station Manoranjan Bharti said Ramdev was booked under Epidemic Diseases Act-1897, Bihar Epidemic Disease Covid Regulations-2020, Disaster Management Act-2005 and various sections of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.
IMA national president-elect Dr Sahajanand Prasad Singh said about 20 cases against Ramdev have already been lodged in Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana and Jharkhand.
IMA state acting president Dr Ajay Kumar said all the 105 units of the association working in different districts of Bihar were lodging similar cases either in the police stations or the courts of law.
The FIR lodged in Patna complained that Ramdev ridiculed the modern medical science, doctors and even the martyred health professionals at a time when Bihar and other states were fighting against the deadly second wave of the Covid pandemic.
Ramdev was charged with spreading unscientific facts and creating a state of confusion and superstitions in the society which affected the ongoing immunisation drive in the state.
The IMA complaint further said without the support of scientific tests and certification, Ramdev began publicity of Coronil, claiming that it is effective against the Covid.
Dr Sunil said the IMA state branch also mentioned in the FIR the statements issued by Ramdev, describing allopathy as “stupid and bankrupt science”.