A photo of Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar is going viral on social media. In this photo, Akshay Kumar is standing with a placard. Apparently, the actor is promoting / advertising an online trading company. Meanwhile, sharing this photo, social media users are fiercely criticizing him. One user wrote – “Shameless Akshay for few crores ”
Similarly, many other users have also shared this photo.
Fact Check:
To find out the photo going viral, we did a reverse image search on Google. On searching, we found this picture on the official Twitter handle of the actor. He posted this photo on 9 April 2019. Further, in this photo, he is saying heartfelt thanks to Corona Warriors.
Furthermore, he wrote- “Name : Akshay Kumar City : Mumbai Mere aur mere parivaar ki taraf se… Police, Nagar Nigam ke workers, doctors, nurses, NGOs, volunteers, government officials, vendors, building ke guards ko #DilSeThankYou”
Actually, Akshay Kumar is heartily thanking the Corona Warriors for encouraging them. During the first wave of Corona, the Warriors had worked hard and contributed a lot in saving the country from this difficult situation.
Conclusion:
Therefore, the viral photo of the actor is fake. And, after editing his original picture, an advertisement of an online trading company has been inserted in it. Hence, the claim being made by social media users is fake.
Claim- Akshay Kumar advertises online trading company
Claimed by- Social media users
Fact Check: Fake
