The Supreme Court was told on Tuesday that Chhattisgarh Police has filed a closure report in a first information report filed against yoga guru and Patanjali Ayurved founder Ramdev for allegedly spreading false information about several medicines being used in the treatment of Covid-19, Live Law reported.

Ramdev has been accused of making misleading claims about modern medicine on several occasions. In May 2021, the Patna and Raipur chapters of the Indian Medical Association filed a police complaint against Ramdev, seeking an FIR against him for spreading “false and baseless” information about Covid-19 treatment.

The yoga guru was booked under sections of the Indian Penal Code pertaining to negligent acts likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life, intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace and disobedience to order promulgated by a public servant.

He was also booked under provisions of the 2005 Disaster Management Act.

On Tuesday, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta claimed before a bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma that the complaints against Ramdev were “obviously” filed by “sponsored” groups, Live Law reported.

The court was hearing Ramdev’s plea for clubbing of cases. The bench held that the request was redundant as after the closure of the Chhattisgarh case, only one in Bihar remained, The Indian Express reported.

Ramdev’s counsel said that the proceedings...

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