On Saturday, October 3, the unit of Naagin 5 stopped shooting after lead actor Sharad Malhotra tested positive for COVID-19. He is quarantining at home. Malhotra plays the antagonist Veer in Ekta Kapoor's supernatural thriller. Co-actors and crew members have been asked to undergo tests and the set is being sanitised. "I am under strict medical supervision. I hope to return soon and stronger," says Malhotra.

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