R Madhavan warns fans against persons running Covid-19 drugs fraud: 'We have such devils amongst us too'

R Madhavan has shared a post warning fans against people running Covid-19 drugs fraud. He said that 'we have such devils amongst us too'.

Actor R Madhavan on Friday shared a post warning fans against people running Covid-19 drugs fraud. A number of stars have been using their social media handles to amplify distress calls by family and friends of Covid-19 patients.

R Madhavan shared a post warning fans. (Instagram/@actormaddy)

Taking to Twitter, he captioned the post, "Also received this .. pls be aware .we have such devils amongst us too."

His post read, "FRAUD ALERT BEWARE PEOPLE Mr. Ajay Aggarwal is selling Remdesivir for Rs. 3000/vial. He would ask you to IMPS money in advance so that he can deliver you PAN India in 3 hrs and then won't pick up. His contact number: +91 76040 27966 Pls stay alert of such frauds." At the bottom of the post is written, "That guy is a fraud."

Last month, Madhavan had tested positive for Covid-19 and he shared the news in a creative way. Ahead of him, actor Aamir Khan had also announced that he had contracted the coronavirus.

Madhavan had shared a picture featuring himself and Aamir from their movie 3 Idiots. "Farhan HAS to follow Rancho and Virus has always been after us BUT this time he bloody caught up. BUT-ALL IS WELL and the Covid will be in the Well soon. Though this is one place we don’t want Raju in. Thank you for all the love I am recuperating well," he had written. While Madhavan played Farhan in the movie, Aamir played Rancho, Sharman Joshi played Raju in the 2009 film by Rajkumar Hirani.

The 50-year-old actor made his acting debut with Inferno, an English film, in 1997. He went on to work in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi films. He worked in films like Rehnaa Hai Tere Dil Mein, Rang De Basanti, Tanu Weds Manu, Alaipayuthey and many others. He also appeared in the 2017 movie Vikram Vedha.

Madhavan also marked his foray into the web space with Breathe where he played a football coach who does everything within his ability to cure his son who is diagnosed with weak lungs.

Madhavan is awaiting the release of his directorial debut, Rocketry: The Nambi Effect which is based on the life of Nambi Narayanan, a former scientist and aerospace engineer of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). He has written, produced and acted in the project.