advertisement
On 29 April, model and TV presenter Sonika Chauhan died in a car crash and Vikram Chatterjee was injured in the mishap in Kolkata. Now, two days after Chatterjee has claimed he was not intoxicated while driving the car, friends and associates of the model held a candlelight vigil, demanding justice for her, as NDTV reported.
On Friday, Chatterjee, who got bail hours after the accident happened, held a press meeting wherein he said:
Five of Sonika’s friends were with the couple at the bars they visited on the intervening night of 28-29 April till almost 2.30 am. They filed statements to police, not wishing to be named, but stating that Chatterjee’s claims were untrue.
Police have not made a single statement on the case so far and many people who visited the Tollygunge police station for the vigil didn’t personally know Chauhan or Chatterjee, but only came to demand justice.
Actor Saurav Das commented on the matter saying:
Fashion designer Indroneel Mukherjee, who has worked with Chatterjee in the past, said that he was a nice person but after he claimed to be not intoxicated or speeding was when everyone realised he couldn’t be forgiven for the accident.
Rupa Ganguly, a BJP lawmaker, reached the vigil and said:
Her reference was to pictures of a senior minister Arup Biswas from Mamata Banerjee’s cabinet, who was at the hospital inquiring about Chatterjee, hours after the accident.
Chauhan’s mother, Sharon Singh Chauhan, posted questions on social media, for the first time since her death: "We need answers and we have not got any. Why ??? what??? How??,"
(At The Quint, we question everything. Play an active role in shaping our journalism by becoming a member today.)