The case of model-cum-actor Shikha Joshi&rsquo;s death saw yet another twist yesterday, with the Versova police deciding not to file an abetment-to-suicide case against the doctor whom Shikha had blamed in her dying moments, unless her family members approached them.
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<img title="The autopsy report from Cooper Hospital confirmed that Joshi committed suicide and the cuts on her throat were self-inflicted" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2015/may/Shikha-Joshi.jpg" alt="The autopsy report from Cooper Hospital confirmed that Joshi committed suicide and the cuts on her throat were self-inflicted" width="500" height="633" /> The autopsy report from Cooper Hospital confirmed that Joshi committed suicide and the cuts on her throat were self-inflicted
The family has, however refused to come to the city, citing a threat to their lives from the doctor, and told mid-day they will approach the Delhi Police instead. mid-day had reported yesterday that the post-mortem reports of the alleged suicide case had suggested that Shikha had practised slitting her throat thrice before inflicting the final cut.
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The police had asked the hospital authorities four questions, one of which was: Did Shikha commit suicide or was a killer involved? The panel of doctors of the civic-run Cooper Hospital, where the post-mortem was conducted, submitted its report yesterday.
The report, which mid-day has seen, confirms that the model killed herself and the cuts on her throat were self-inflicted. The medical report states that excessive bleeding caused her death.
Doctor&rsquo;s version Shikha&rsquo;s roommate Madhu Bharti had found her in a pool of blood in their New MHADA colony flat in Versova. Instead of taking Shikha to a hospital immediately, Madhu had recorded a video of her, fearing she would be implicated in the model&rsquo;s death.
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The clip shows Shikha blaming a Khar-based cosmetic surgeon, Dr Vijay Sharma, and a few other &ldquo;married men&rdquo; for the extreme step. Sharma gave his statement to the Versova police yesterday, in which he said, &ldquo;I first met Shikha in 2005, when she came to my Khar clinic for breast and stomach surgery.
She completed all formalities and even paid for the surgery. I gave her a five-year warranty for the procedure.&rdquo; Sharma told the police that Shikha returned in 2011, demanding that he perform the surgery again and that she shouldn&rsquo;t be asked to pay for it.
Sharma said that when he asked her to pay, she and her brother lodged a molestation case against him at the Khar police station. The surgeon alleged that Shikha and her brother demanded Rs 2 crore to take back the molestation case.
He claimed Shikha had attempted suicide in 2012 and had blamed him that time as well. &ldquo;I have no connection with Shikha&rsquo;s alleged suicide,&rdquo; Sharma told the police yesterday.
&lsquo;It was murder&rsquo; Shikha&rsquo;s family, however, refuted the medical report and alleged that she was murdered. Her brother, Vishesh, told mid-day that the suicide theory was absurd and that it was Shikha&rsquo;s roommate, Madhu Bharti, who had killed her on orders from Dr Sharma.
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Vishesh added that none of his family members would come down to Mumbai because they feel there is a threat to their lives in the city. Instead, they will approach the Delhi Police&rsquo;s Crime Branch for help. &ldquo;Madhu murdered Shikha on the directions of Dr Sharma.
There is a threat to my life from Dr Sharma and others. I will come to Mumbai only after the Mumbai Police assure me of my safety,&rdquo; he said. Sources at Versova police station, however, said no FIR would be filed against Dr Sharma unless a member of Shikha&rsquo;s family approaches them.
If no family member turns up, they will send the video recorded by Bharti for forensic testing and wait for a report before taking further action. &ldquo;We will also take the opinion of our legal cell on how to proceed,&rdquo; said an official from Versova police station.

Versova Police say they will register an abetment-to-suicide case in the death of model Shikha Joshi only if her family members approach them; Shikha had blamed a surgeon in her dying moments

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