CHENNAI:  Vattern Actor Kamal Haasan might face a criminal case for his current tweet advising his fans not to deal out nilavembu kudineer (a herbal medicine to prevent the spread of dengue) in view of a hullabaloo over its efficiency.

The Madras high court on Wednesday issued directive the Chennai city police to register a case against the actor Kamal Haasan if the prima facie offense is made out.

Justice M S Ramesh passed the order on a petition moved by G Devarajan, an advocate clerk.

According to the petitioner, Kamal has tweeted asking his fans to abstain from distributing nilavembu allegedly claiming that it has side effects. It is not clear on what basis he has affirmed that the medicine has side effects. If the actor had consumed nilavembu kudineer and suffered any such unfavorable side effects, he should have furnished accurate details of such effects while making such statement.

He further alleged that the actor was making such statements with political motives against the Tamil Nadu government and to disturb peace in the state.

The petitioner sought after the court to direct the state government and the Arignar Anna Government Hospital for Indian Medicine to bring out the reality about nilavembu, besides a directive to the police to file a case of cybercrime against the actor Kamal and kick off appropriate action.