Overview
- An FIR was registered by Jnanabharathi police under BNS sections 23, 316(2) and 318(4), with DCP Anita Haddannavar stating the accused are on the run and teams have been formed to trace them.
- The software engineer reported encountering a roadside tent near KLE Law College on May 3 and being directed to a self‑styled healer, “Vijay Guruji,” and the Vijayalakshmi Ayurvedic Shop in Yeshwanthpur.
- The FIR details sales of purported remedies at extreme per‑gram prices — Devaraj Booti at Rs 1.6 lakh, Bhavana Booti Oil at Rs 76,000, and Devaraj Rasabooti at Rs 2.6 lakh — under cash‑only, no‑companions conditions.
- Spending totalled about Rs 48 lakh, financed through Rs 17 lakh from family, a Rs 20 lakh loan from HDFC Bank, and Rs 10 lakh borrowed from a friend, according to the complaint.
- The complainant says there was no improvement and that recent tests show kidney damage he attributes to the medicines, while police have moved to remove roadside medical tents advertising such treatments.