Dehradun: Yoga Guru Ramdev was facing defamation notice sent by IMA demanding an apology from him within 15 days, failing which it said it will demand a compensation of ₹ 1,000 crore, for alleged disparaging remarks against Allopathy and Allopathic doctors.

Uttarakhand IMA Secretary Ajay Khanna issued defamation notice through his lawyer Neeraj Pandey describes the remarks made by Ramdev as damaging to the reputation and the image of Allopathy and around 2,000 doctors.

The IMA Secretary served notice to Ramdev under section 499 IPC, the IMA in its notice demanded a written apology from him within 15 days of its receipt, saying a compensation of ₹ 1,000 crore. The IMA demanded compensation at the rate of ₹ 50 lakh per member of the IMA if he failed to do so.

The notice has also asked Ramdev to make a video clip contradicting all his allegations and circulate it on the social media platforms where he had uploaded his earlier video levelling them. IMA asked the Ramdev to withdraw a misleading advertisement from all platforms endorsing Coronil kit, a product of his firm, as an effective medicine for Covid – 19, failing which an FIR and a criminal case will be lodged against him by the IMA.