| Shikha Joshi | |
| Occupation: | Actress, model, Classical Dancer |
| Birth Date: | 4 January 1976 |
| Death Place: | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Years Active: | 2006-2015 |
Shikha Joshi was an Indian actress, model, and classical dancer.
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,[1] 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,[2] 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.[3]
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.[4] Her neck had three small cuts and a large cut.[5] The flat owner Madhu Bharti, Bharti's boyfriend Riyaz Pathan, and friend Pushpa Parmar were present with Joshi at the flat during the incident.[6] 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.[7] [8] 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.[9] According to an official, Joshi was taken to the hospital more than an hour after she had slit her throat.[10] 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.