Published Sep 30, 2026 | 11:03 AM ⚊ Updated Sep 30, 2026 | 11:03 AM
YouTuber Veeramachineni Ramakrishna
Synopsis: Kalleda Sai Krishna, a 30-year-old law student from Nirmal, has had Type-1 diabetes since 2018 and depends on daily insulin. Krishna said in his complaint that he watched Veeramachineni’s YouTube and Instagram videos claiming the “VRK Diet” could permanently cure the disease.
Raidurgam police on Tuesday, 29 September, have registered an FIR against social media personality Veeramachineni Ramakrishna, known as VRK, of the VRK Healthcare YouTube channel, and Dr Koteshwara Rao, over allegations of cheating and endangering the life of a law student who sought treatment for Type-1 Diabetes.
Kalleda Sai Krishna, a 30-year-old law student from Nirmal, has had Type-1 diabetes since 2018 and depends on daily insulin. Krishna said in his complaint that he watched Veeramachineni’s YouTube and Instagram videos claiming the “VRK Diet” could permanently cure the disease.
On 12 September, 2025, he visited the VRK Health Care Centre in Raidurgam, where he alleges he was verbally told to stop insulin and was not told about the adverse side effects of doing so. He paid about ₹26,000 for supplements and services, and says the bill carried no GST details.
Krishna says his health then deteriorated, and on 14 September 2025, he was admitted to KIMS Hospital, Secunderabad, with diabetic ketoacidosis and severe dehydration. He was discharged on 17 September after spending roughly ₹58,219.
Krishna noted that he later learned that VRK was unqualified to treat people and only held a B Com degree, while Koteshwara Rao claimed to be a homoeopathy practitioner. He has asked police to verify the centre’s licences and the supplements’ legal status. He already filed a complaint at a consumer court and alleged that unknown persons followed him after one of the hearings.
Police invoked the non-bailable Section 318(4) of the BNS, alongside 125(a) and 61(2) of the BNS, Section 54 of the National Medical Commission Act, and the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954.
(Edited by Sumavarsha, with inputs from Sreshta Ladegaam)
