On Friday, a post on Poonam Pandey`s Instagram claimed that the actress had passed away due to cervical cancer, shocking her fans. A day later, Poonam Pandey took to her Instagram to reveal that she is alive. In this new video, she spreads awareness about cervical cancer, saying, `I am alive. I didn`t die because of cervical cancer. Unfortunately, I cannot say that about those thousands of women who have lost their lives due to Cervical Cancer. It is not because they couldn`t do anything about it, but because they had no idea what to do about it. I am here to tell you that, unlike other cancers, cervical cancer is curable.`

However, Poonam`s way of spreading awareness did not go down well with netizens, who called the gimmick `pathetic` and a `mockery` of people who have lost loved ones to the illness. Several celebrities called her out for such a publicity stunt. Now, Babil Khan, who has lost his father, actor Irrfan Khan, to cancer, took to his Instagram account and called out the actress for her act.