Sunil Bansal, who headed the dairy business of Yoga guru Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved, died of Covid-19, the company said on Monday, adding it had no "role in his allopathic treatment."

Aged 57, he died on 19 May after suffering from “severe lung damage and brain haemorrhage” due to Covid and related complications. His death comes at a time when Ramdev is courting controversy over his comments about allopathic medicines and Covid-19. 

"Patanjali didn't have any role in his allopathic treatment which was largely coordinated by his wife," it said. "However we were concerned and used to ask for his well-being from his wife."

On Sunday, Ramdev was forced to withdraw a statement made in a viral video clip in which he is heard saying that "lakhs have died from taking allopathic medicines for Covid-19." He is also heard questioning some of the medicines being used to treat the disease.

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