Pakistani blog starts viral hoax claiming Aishwarya Rai committed suicide

Do not believe it. It's a hoax!

A Pakistani blog site seems to be responsible for falsely reporting that Bollywood actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan committed suicide on December 2.



The story which quickly went viral on the internet claimed that the former Miss World had overdosed on tranquilisers due to 'growing tensions' within the Bachchan household.

https://twitter.com/abhijith_krissh/status/805244340788293632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw



Images of ‘bruised and pale looking’ Aishwarya also circulated on social media, suggesting the suicide attempt resulted in her death. However, the incident turned out to be a hoax reportedly started by a Pakistani blog. Buzzfeed India has attempted to contact the managers of the website for comment.

Just spoke to Mrs Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's official Publicist.She says the suicide rumours r crap.Ppl ought to b responsible.Not done!!

— Faridoon Shahryar (@iFaridoon) December 5, 2016

The rumours were finally put to rest after the 43-year-old star was spotted at a party thrown by designer Manish Malhotra on Sunday, according to the Hindustan Times.

The fake news was also picked by a local broadcaster Neo News which earlier came up with the bizarre claim that US president-elect Donald Trump was born in Pakistan.