Bollywood actress Poonam Pandey sued for faking cervical cancer death in HPV vaccine promotion stunt

died from cervical cancer, with her team confirming the news to the media.Her manager, Nikita Sharma, stated the star had “bravely fought the disease” but had “tragically passed away,” according to NDTV India.However, the following day, Pandey, 32, posted a video of herself revealing she was alive and well and that the death announcement was a ruse to raise awareness about the potentially fatal disease.The move sparked uproar online, with the overwhelming majority of commentators slamming Pandey for her actions.“I’m alive, I didn’t die because of cervical cancer,” Pandey told her 1.3 million followers, as poignant music played in the background. “Unfortunately, I can’t say that about the hundreds of thousands of women who have lost their lives because of cervical cancer.

I’m here to tell you that, unlike other cancers, cervical cancer is preventable, all you have to do is get a test and you have to get HPV vaccine.”“We can do all this and more to make sure there are no more lives lost to this disease,” she added.She then directed her followers to log onto a specially designed website – http://www.poonampandeyisalive.com – which was packed with information on the deadly cancer and the vaccine designed to prevent it.The website and her Instagram posts relating to her fake death have now been deleted.Pandey and her husband Sam Bombay are now being sued for more than $12 million by Faizan Ansari, according to The Times of India.

Ansari is an actor and reality TV star.The lawsuit alleges Pandey and Bombay orchestrated a “false conspiracy of death” and trivialized serious illnesses like cancers for their own publicity gains.Ansari argues that the couple’s actions betrayed the trust of millions of Indians and also tarnished the.