Model Sonika Chauhan killed in car accident, actor Vikram Chatterjee injured

Model and TV anchor Sonika Chauhan has died in a car accident in Kolkata while actor Vikram Chatterjee, who was travelling with her, has been injured.

Popular model and TV prime time host, Sonika Chauhan was killed while actor Vikram Chatterjee was seriously injured when the SUV in which they were travelling met with an accident in south Kolkata today.

Sonika was a known name in the modelling circuit of the country. (Twitter/Sonika Chauhan)

Police said the SUV mounted the pavement while trying to avoid an approaching car from a nearby lane and partially tilted on one side at around 4:30 am near Rashbehari Avenue crossing.

Vikram and Sonika, who were on the driver’s seat and front seat respectively, were brought out from the mangled car by locals and rushed to a private hospital, police said.

While Sonika was declared dead, Vikram was admitted to the hospital, police said.

A pall of gloom descended as the news of the mishap spread and many Bengali film actors including Dev rushed to the hospital on E M Bypass.

Sonika, a popular face in city and Mumbai modelling circuits, had also been hosting a prime time show on a national channel.

Vikram, whose last film Khoj (The Lost) had been screened in several film festivals, had also acted in ‘Elar Char Adhyay’ and ‘Ami Ar Amar Girlfriends’.

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