Celebs, netizens roast Poonam for death hoax

New Delhi: "Ridiculous", "disgraceful" and "a new low" is how internet users and several celebrities reacted to actor-model Poonam Pandey's reappearance on social media a day after her team claimed that she died from cervical cancer.

Pandey's team had on Friday dropped the bombshell news of her death from the disease, but it was a hoax, a stunt pulled off by the actor, who appeared in a video on Saturday and declared that she is "alive".

The intention behind the stunt, according to Pandey, was to spread awareness about cervical cancer.

However, the stunt didn't land well with the social media users, including celebrities like Pooja Bhatt, Sara Khan, Aly Goni and Rahul Vaidya, who furiously slammed Pandey for faking her death and demeaning an important cause. (PTI)