Indian actress Suchitra Krishnamoorthi has issued an apology after she faced a backlash online for questioning the survival story of crashed Air India flight’s passenger Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, and called it a lie.
Ramesh was the lone survivor of the crash that occurred in Ahmedabad, leaving the nation shocked.
Suchitra Krishnamoorthi claimed she reacted after seeing the X post of a journalist.
Apologising for he X remarks, she said: “The tweet on air india survivor – i saw on the insta feed of an ex times of india journalist. So wrongly assumed it may be correct.”
“Shared in haste . It was a mistake,” she said.
“My apologies once again,” the actress said.
“So much AI and misinformation in the world, & so much panic and grief after all these tragedies, one starts to question reality,” she said.
In her controversial X post, which she has now deleted, the actress alleged the survivor a liar.
“So this #vishwaskumarramesh lied about being a passenger on the plane & the only survivor? This is seriously weird. Didn’t his family in the UK corroborate his story? What about his brother’s funeral that he was seen giving kandha to? Deserve not only some serious punishment but some mental asylum time if this is true uff,” she was quoted as saying in her previous now-deleted X post.
Who is Suchitra Krishnamoorthi?
Suchitra is the former wife of ace Indian director Shekhar Kapur.
In 1994, Suchitra, who also released several pop songs in her singing career, made her breakthrough in films with Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, a commercial and critically acclaimed hit, opposite Shah Rukh Khan.
Air India flight crash
The London-bound aircraft on June 12 crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad, killing 241 of the 242 passengers on board, along with more than 30 people on the ground.
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau is currently investigating the cause of
