Delhi Police told can't register FIR against Patanjali Ayurved Limited

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police on Wednesday told a district court that an FIR could not be registered against Patanjali Ayurved Limited, Ramdev and others on the charge of cheating people by claiming a cure for Covid-19 due to jurisdictional and other issues.

The Vasant Vihar police station SHO said this in an action-taken report filed in the court in response to a plea that sought court directions to register a case against Ramdev and others.

Petitioner Tushar Anand had claimed that Ramdev and other persons "only had permission to make an immunity booster but they are making a false claim in the media that they have found a cure for Covid-19".

In the report, Sub-Inspector Pankaj Kumar said: "As the alleged press conference by Baba Ramdev was organised at Haridwar in Uttarakhand, the same does not lie within the area or jurisdiction of Vasant Vihar police station, New Delhi. Hence, no action can be initiated by police of Vasant Vihar PS."

It further submitted that an FIR under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code has already been registered at police station in Jyoti Nagar in Jaipur on the same grounds as levelled by the applicant in his complaint, refusing to register his complaint. (IANS)

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