The nation was shocked on hearing the news of India’s first female superstar Sridevi’s demise due to cardiac arrest, on Sunday. People had not yet revived from the news and already the revelation of the real cause of the actress’ death stunned us again.
Updates were that the actress died of ‘accidental drowning’ and this lead to rising of conspiracies by Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen. The celebrated author took to Twitter and posted her take on the incident. The tweet read, “Sridevi’s body was found in a bathtub full of water. Hope it is not homicide or suicide.”
Sridevi’s body was found in a bathtub full of water. Hope it is not homicide or suicide.
— taslima nasreen (@taslimanasreen) February 26, 2018
Since the untimely death occurred in unusual conditions, this conspiracy must have raised in the author’s thoughts. After she posted this, Twitterati did not hold back to criticise the conspiracy theory Taslima camp up with. Here is how the tweeter users reacted:
One of the problems with intelligent people is, they finds problem in places where there is none!
— SidG (@leon119) February 26, 2018
Ma’am she could have had cardiac arrest while showering. But how pathetic is the life of an actress that whenever she dies, the only thing that comes to mind is suicide or homocide
— Ƙιтту Ƙαтт (@fehmeenavoice) February 26, 2018
when one becomes habituate to live life rationally, simple things become whirlpool for them. Please do not place doubt in minds of people.
— Dhaval Purohit (@DhavalPurohit6) February 26, 2018
But these did not stop Nasreen and she further tweeted regarding Sridevi’s demise.
If someone famous dies, media is busy taking pictures of the stars who come to offer condolence, crowd likes to see stars, and stars like to be seen. Only a handful of people mourns.
— taslima nasreen (@taslimanasreen) February 26, 2018
She wrote in her tweet, “Healthy adults don’t drown in bathtubs accidentally.”
Healthy adults don’t drown in bathtubs accidentally.
— taslima nasreen (@taslimanasreen) February 26, 2018
Taslima Nasreen did not back out after the bashing and continued to revert to the ones criticizing her.