Varun Sood, who is currently under quarantine, has issued a clarification after his pictures on a bike on the streets of Mumbai went viral. He said that he had stepped outside to get medicines for his ankle. Varun also added that he didn't go 'gymming.' Speaking E-Times, Varun said, "I went to buy some medicines for myself. My ankle was hurting badly l, so I got medicine. A lot of people think that I am stepping outside for gymming. But the gym is just a floor below my flat. I am in my building. The medical shop is right outside my building and I just went out to get medicines."
“Although he has been exempted from institutional quarantine he is not supposed to step out of his house,” a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official told E-Times. For the unversed, Varun recently returned from South Africa after participating in Khatron Ke Khiladi 11. Returnees from South Africa have to be quarantined for 15 days, one week institutional and one week home quarantine. Varun was exempted from institutional quarantine as he was vaccinated. Varun returned to India on June 23 and his girlfriend Divya Agarwal received him at the airport. Posts by paparazzi accounts showed Divya, at the airport, with her mask on holding a placard with the message "you're my lobster" written on it. Apart from Varun, Shweta Tiwari, Rahul Vaidya, Divyanka Tripathi, Vishal Aditya Singh, and Anushka Sen also returned to Mumbai on the same day.