Sonika Chauhan

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Sonika Singh Chauhan
Sonika Chauhan during IPL (2015)
Born	(1989-07-12)12 July 1989
Died	29 April 2017(2017-04-29) (aged 27) Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Cause of death	Car accident
Resting place	Lower Circular Road Cemetery, Kolkata 22°32′52″N 88°21′49″E / 22.547837°N 88.363659°E / 22.547837; 88.363659
Nationality	Indian
Citizenship	India
Alma mater	Mount Carmel College, Bangalore
Occupation	TV actress, model, TV host

Sonika Simone Singh Chauhan (12 July 1989 – 29 April 2017) was an Indian model, actress, and a TV host. She was a contestant at Femina Miss India and Miss Diva - 2013.^[1]

Biography[]

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She was born on 12 July 1989 the only child to a Christian mother, Sharon Singh Chauhan and a Hindu father, Vijay Singh Chauhan. She was schooled at La Martiniere, Kolkata.^[2] She completed her higher education from Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru.^[3]

Death[]

Sonika Chauhan resting place, Lower Circular Road Cemetery

Sonika sustained a fatal head injury in a car accident in the early hours of 29 April 2017. The vehicle belonged to Vikram Chatterjee, who was behind the wheel at the time of the accident. Vikram took Sonika to Ruby Hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries. Vikram initially denied that he was either speeding or under the influence of alcohol at a press conference,^[4] but forensic reports have confirmed that he was driving at a speed of 100–110 km/h just seconds before the collision with a jewellery store and a flag post on Kolkata's Rashbehari Avenue. Initially, Vikram was only booked under Section 304 A (death due to negligence) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). But after massive public outcry, police added the non-bailable section 304 (culpable homicide) against the actor.^[5] He was arrested on 7 July 2017 after a period during which he was absconding,^[6] and released on bail on 26 July 2017.^[7]

Legacy[]

On 12 July 2017, 'Sonika Chauhan 27 Foundation' was launched by her parents at Tollygunge Club as a gift and a contribution to Sonika Chauhan on her birthday.^[8] 'Sonika Chauhan 27 Foundation' will take forward the legacy of Sonika Simone Singh Chauhan by touching the lives of young people, without any discrimination of caste, creed or religion.^[9][10]

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