Ramdev and Balkrishna, the founders of Patanjali Ayurveda Limited, are in trouble due to the Supreme Court's crackdown in the case of fraudulent advertisements. Meanwhile, the problems facing this company are not stopping. After being reprimanded by the Supreme Court, now a new challenge is facing Patanjali. The Magistrate of Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand has booked three persons, including the assistant manager of Patanjali Ayurveda Limited Company, for failing the Sonapadi quality test of Patanjali Company. All three have been sentenced to six months imprisonment and fine.
Five years ago, on October 17, 2019, food safety inspectors visited Leeladhar Pathak's shop in the main market in Berinag, Pithoragarh. At that time, he inspected some food items in this shop. After this inspection, he expressed concern about the 'Patanjali Navratna Elaichi Sonpapadi' in the shop. After that he collected some samples of Sonpapadi from the shop. Along with this, a notice was issued to the distributor 'Kanha Ji' of Ramnagar (distributor of Patanjali Sonpapadi) and Patanjali Ayurveda Limited.