Hema Malini is being criticized as insensitive for her tweets on what she calls "senseless suicides".
Highlights
- World doesn't admire a loser, tweeted Hema Malini after Pratyusha's death
- Actor slammed online for saying 'senseless suicides achieve nothing'
- TV actor Pratyusha Banerjee was found hanging in her home on April 1
Actor-politician Hema Malini is being criticized as insensitive for her tweets on what she calls "senseless suicides".
"The world admires a fighter not a loser," the BJP lawmaker says in one of the tweets posted on Monday night.
The choice of words has drawn strong feedback days after the suicide of Ballika Vadhu actress Pratyusha Banerjee. The 24-year-old was found hanging at her Mumbai home on April 1.
Hema Malini does not mention Pratyusha in her tweets.
Responding to Hema Malini's comments, Twitter users pointed out that "sometimes, even to live is an act of courage." One commenter wrote: "this is utterly insensitive, suicide may not be a solution but ranting about a deceased certainly doesn't make you look great."
Pratyusha Banerjee, a familiar face on TV from the serials Balika Vadhu and Sasural Simar Ka and reality show Bigg Boss, was declared dead at Kokilaben Ambani Hospital, where she was taken after being found dead at her Goregaon apartment. Her fiance Rahul Raj Singh, currently in hospital himself being treated for chest pain and low blood pressure, has been questioned by cops. A group of 10 friends and colleagues of Pratyusha are expected to reveal details of the couple's relationship to the police.