Shikha Joshi
{{Short description|Indian television actress (1976–2015)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Shikha Joshi
| image = Shikha Joshi.jpg
| imagesize = 220px
| caption = Joshi
| occupation = Actress, model, Classical Dancer
| birth_date = 4 January 1976
| death_date = {{Death date and given age |df=yes|2015|5|16|40}}
| death_place = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
| parents =
| relatives =
| years_active = 2006-2015|
}}
Shikha Joshi was an Indian actress, model, and classical dancer.
Sexual molestation allegation
Joshi had alleged Dr. Vijay Sharma, who had performed a breast implant surgery on her in 2006, sexually exploited her in 2011. The doctor had gone missing since her death,{{cite news |title=Shikha Joshi suicide case: Doctor named in actor's statement gone into hiding |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Shikha-Joshi-suicide-case-Doctor-named-in-actors-statement-gone-into-hiding/articleshow/47351716.cms |newspaper=The Times of India |date=20 May 2015 |accessdate=21 May 2015}} until 20 May, when the Mumbai Police recorded a statement from him.
In November 2013, Joshi and her brother, Vishesh Joshi, were arrested for pelting stones at Sharma's residence in Andheri,{{cite web |title=After molestation, model Shikha Joshi arrested for throwing stones at doctor's house in Mumbai |url=http://archive.financialexpress.com/news/after-molestation-model-shikha-joshi-arrested-for-throwing-stones-at-doctors-house-in-mumbai/1192900 |work=The Financial Express |date=4 November 2014 |accessdate=21 May 2015}} but were later released on bail. According to a police officer, Shikha Joshi was supposed to make a court appearance on 24 May 2015 in connection with the stone-pelting incident.{{cite news |title=Model spoke to mother about Delhi visit |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/model-spoke-to-mother-about-delhi-visit/article7224857.ece |newspaper=The Hindu |date=19 May 2015 |accessdate=21 May 2015}}
Death
On the evening of 16 May 2015, Joshi, at 40 years of age, committed suicide in her flat in Versova, Mumbai, by slitting her throat with a kitchen knife in the bathroom.[https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2015/05/18/shikha-joshi-suicide_n_7303748.html Actress Shikha Joshi Allegedly Committed Suicide Out Of Frustration With 'Lack Of Work' | HuffPost India] Her neck had three small cuts and a large cut.[ three small cuts as well as a large cut ] The flat owner Madhu Bharti, Bharti's boyfriend Riyaz Pathan, and friend Pushpa Parmar were present with Joshi at the flat during the incident.{{cite web |title=Mumbai: Model Shikha Joshi 'practised' thrice before slitting her throat |date=20 May 2015 |url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/mumbai-model-shikha-joshi-practised-thrice-before-slitting-her-throat/16223199 |publisher=Mid-Day |accessdate=21 May 2015}} Madhu Bharti recorded Joshi's last moments on Parmar's mobile phone in which Joshi named Dr. [Vijay] Sharma and "many married men" as responsible for her decision to commit suicide.{{cite web |title=Shikha Joshi's dying statement names people responsible for death |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/shikha-joshi-ba-pass-actress-model-suicide-stabbed-cosmetic-surgeon-people-responsible-for-death/1/438902.html |work=India Today |accessdate=21 May 2015}}{{cite web |title='BA Pass' actress Shikha Joshi commits suicide |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/BA-Pass-actress-Shikha-Joshi-commits-suicide/photostory/47337502.cms |newspaper=The Times of India |accessdate=21 May 2015}} After the message was recorded, they called Bharti's boyfriend Riyaz Pathan, who arrived at the scene 10 minutes later, following which Joshi was taken to a nearby hospital.{{cite web |title=Mumbai: Shikha Joshi's brother blames roommate for model's death |date=19 May 2015 |url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/mumbai-shikha-joshis-brother-blames-roommate-for-models-death/16221176 |publisher=Mid-Day |accessdate=21 May 2015}} According to an official, Joshi was taken to the hospital more than an hour after she had slit her throat.{{cite web |title=Police record cosmetic surgeon's statement accused in Shikha Joshi death case |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-police-record-cosmetic-surgeon-s-statement-accused-in-shikha-joshi-death-case-2087684 |publisher=DNA India |accessdate=21 May 2015}} The hospital stated that "excessive bleeding" was the cause of her death.
Joshi's family believes that this is a case of murder and has been petitioning for a CBI investigation.
Filmography
- B.A. Pass (2013)
References
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Category:21st-century Indian actresses
Category:Actresses in Hindi cinema
Category:Indian film actresses
Category:Female models from Mumbai
Category:Actresses from Mumbai