Overview
- In an interview with Siddharth Kannan, Pooja Bedi said Parveen Babi told her she ate only eggs because they were the one thing “they” could not tamper with, naming the Secret Service or the FBI.
- Bedi recalled that Babi believed her makeup and other purchased items were being contaminated and that she had stopped buying such products.
- The reports reiterate that Babi was widely reported to have been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and had grown increasingly reclusive after leaving films.
- Babi died alone in her Mumbai apartment on January 20, 2005, at age 55, with the official cause reported as multiple organ failure.
- Kabir Bedi has previously said he urged Babi to seek treatment in London, but she refused to get help.