Ekta Kapoor shuts detractors for citing surgery as the cause of Sridevi's death

Ekta Kapoor

Ekta Kapoor slams trolls for passing insensitive comments behind Sridevi's death cause.

The entire nation is in grief as they mourn the tragic and untimely demise of India's first female superstar, Sridevi. While there are many, who are passing their condolences to their daughters and family, there are some detractors, who can't resist themselves from trolling even in such a critical and sensitive situation. There are some who are blaming Sridevi's surgeries to be the cause of the veteran's death. However, Ekta Kapoor took to her Twitter account to shut these trolls.

Expressing her anger, Ekta Kapoor wrote, "Evil ones pls realise one percent ( as fwded as my doc told me) of the population can have a cardiac arrest without any heart condition or any kind of surgery! It's destiny not how evil rumour mongers portray!!! (sic).''

Upon learning of Sridevi's sudden demise, Ekta had passed her condolence by writing, "The strongest women have the weakest hearts sometimes...#RIPSrideviji (sic)."

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The 54-year-old died of massive cardiac arrest on Saturday in Dubai, where she was with her entire family to attend her nephew Mohit Marwah's wedding.

Sridevi's brother-in-law and actor Sanjay Kapoor said the whole family was in shock with the sudden demise of the veteran actress. He also said that she had no history of heart ailment. In an interview to Khaleej Times, Sanjay said that she was in the hotel room here when it happened.

Her mortal remains will be flown back to India from Dubai today, her family said in a statement. Sridevi's body could not be repatriated yesterday as the final investigation reports from Dubai Police were not ready last evening. Reliance Communications (RCom) chairman Anil Ambani has reportedly offered to fly her remains back home in his private jet.

Indian Consulate officials reveal that after receiving the Police Clearance and forensic report, the other procedures including, immigration and embalming would be completed in the next 3 to 4 hours, a source told the publication.

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(With inputs from agencies)