Patanjali official, 2 others get 6 months in jail as 'soan papdi' fails quality test

The chief judicial magistrate of Pithoragarh convicted three persons, including the assistant manager of Patanjali Ayurved Ltd, to six months in prison and fined them all for failing a soan papdi food test. On Oct 17, 2019, a food safety inspector visited Lila Dhar Pathak's shop at Main Market in Berinag, Pithoragarh, where concerns were raised about Patanjali Navratna Elaichi Soan Papdi (a sweet).