Afghanistan, Aug. 17 -- India's Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn and Tiger Shroff over their appearance in an advertisement for Vimal Elaichi, asking them to remove the promotion from their social media accounts and refrain from appearing in future advertisements for the product.

The FDA has also asked the actors to provide details of their advertising agreements with the manufacturer and explain their involvement in the campaign within 15 days, according to Indian media reports.

The state regulator says the advertisement could amount to surrogate advertising for pan masala, a product associated with the Vimal brand. Officials argue that promoting a related product under ...