Bollywood star Suchitra Krishnamoorthi has now removed her social media post calling for British man Vishwash Ramesh to receive “some serious punishment” for lying
An Indian movie star has been forced to make a public apology after claiming the only survivor of the Air India plane crash was lying about his miraculous escape.
Suchitra Krishnamoorthi has now removed her social media post calling for British man Vishwash Ramesh to receive “some serious punishment” after she claimed he had lied.
In her now deleted post on X she said: “So this #vishwaskumarramesh lied about bng [sic] 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.”
The Bollywood actress caused fury with her comments, with many calling for her to explain her post. She later deleted it and posted an apology in its place.
The apology read: “Took out my last tweet on the air india crash survivor. Seems to be false news circulated for God knows what reason. My apologies.”
The 40-year-old Brit had been on Air India flight 171 bound for London Gatwick with his brother when it came down moments after take off, killing everyone on board, except him. He has since spoken of his “guilt” for surviving.
Mr Ramesh has told friends he wishes he “was not alive” and believes his brother could have survived. His brother Ajay was on the other side of the doomed Boeing 787 Dreamliner when it crashed, while Mr Ramesh escaped with cuts, scrapes and bruises after he crawled free from the wreckage via a hole in the fuselage.
He believes he and Ajay might have both survived if he hadn’t fought to ensure they were sat together at the time. The dad-of-one said he had tried to get two seats together, but the other he was hoping to get was already taken.
He said: “If we had been sat together we both might have survived. I tried to get two seats together but someone had already got one. Me and Ajay would have been sitting together.
“But I lost my brother in front of my eyes. So now I am constantly thinking ‘Why can’t I save my brother?’ It’s a miracle I survived.
“I am okay physically but I feel terrible that I could not save Ajay.” The devastated dad-of-one added: “I wish I was not alive.”