CHENNAI: Actor Kamal Haasan might face a criminal case for his recent tweet advising his fans not to distribute nilavembu kudineer (a herbal medicine to prevent spread of dengue ) in view of a controversy over its efficiency. The Madras high court on Wednesday directed the Chennai city police to register a case against the actor if prima facie offence 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 desist from distributing nilavembu claiming that it has side effects. "It is not clear on what basis he has declared that the medicine has side effects. If the actor had consumed nilavembu kudineer and suffered any such adverse side effects, he should have furnished proper details of such effects while making such statement."

ஆராய்ச்சி அலோபதியார்தான் செய்யவேண்டுமென்றில்லை பாரம்பரியக காவலர்களே செய்திருக்கவேண்டும். மருந்துக்கு பக்கவிளைவுண்டு என்பதும் பாரம்பரியம்தான் — Kamal Haasan (@ikamalhaasan) October 18, 2017