Actor Vikram Chatterjee was arrested early on Friday in connection with the death of model Sonika Chauhan in a car accident, police said.

Vikram was at the wheel on April 29 when the accident happened.

He was intercepted by the police while travelling in a car near a south Kolkata Mall at around 12.15 a.m..

“Today at about 0015 hours on receipt of information about movement of Vikram Chatterjee, officers and force intercepted the accused in a cab just before Acropolis Mall on Rashbehari Avenue Connector,” the sources said.

Vikram has already been charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder and rash and negligent driving.

According to the police, the car’s forensic report revealed its speed was between 95 to 115 km per hour a few seconds before the accident.

During the police interrogation, the actor confessed to consuming alcohol on the night of the accident. However, he claimed that he was not drunk and the car was not over speeding.

Vikram was at the wheel of his car while his partner Sonika was on the front seat when the accident happened on a south Kolkata Street while they were returning from a party.

After the accident, Sonika was rushed to a city hospital where she succumbed to her injuries. The actor himself sustained a head injury in the accident and was hospitalised.

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Actor Vikram Chatterjee, who was previously accused of rash and negligent driving, has been charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder for the death of city model Sonika Chauhan in a car accident, police on Tuesday.

“Chatterjee has been charged under Section 304 of the IPC on Tuesday after police received a forensic report that shows the speed of the car was between 95 to 115 km per hour a few seconds before the accident,” said Kolkata police’s Joint Commissioner, Crime, Vishal Garg.

The actor was previously charged with rash driving (Section 279 of the Indian Penal Code) and causing death by negligence (Section 304A) after the accident, police said.

During the previous interrogation, he confessed to having consumed alcohol on the night of the accident, but claimed that he was not drunk and the car was not speeding.

Chatterjee was on the wheels of his car while his partner Sonika was on the front seat when the accident happened on a south Kolkata street on their way back from a party on April 29.

Sonika was rushed to a city hospital where she succumbed to her injuries. The actor himself sustained head injury in the accident and was hospitalised.

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