On late Thursday night, the Kolkata Police arrested actor Vikram Chatterjee in connection with the death of model Sonika Chauhan in a car crash in April. As per reports, Chatterjee was arrested from his home in Kasba, Kolkata and will be presented before the court on Friday.
Last week, Chatterjee was charged with punishable homicide under the non-bailable section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the IPC. According to the police, the car which crashed killing the model was driven by Chatterjee itself and was at a very high speed before it crashed.
“The report, which was received by police last week, revealed that about 4.6 seconds before the crash, the car was moving at 105 km/hr. About 2.1 seconds before the crash, the speed was reduced to 93 km/hr, and till 1.6 seconds before the crash, no break was applied. This proves the driver was not in control,” a police officer had said.
Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Vishal Garg added that the high speed of the car can be considered as a deliberate act. “The reports have proved that car was at a high speed. This can be considered a deliberate act; hence we moved court and court accepted our prayer. We have booked Vikram under Section 304 of IPC,” he said.
