Mumbai: Model Shikha Joshi 'practised' thrice before slitting her throat

Police officials investigating the alleged suicide of modelcumactor Shikha Joshi claim that the postmortem report has revealed she had lsquopractisedrsquo slitting her neck three times before delivering the final blow with a kitchen knife Read the original story hereMadhu Bharti left told police she had used her friend Anursquos mobile phone to record the video of Shikha Joshi right in her dying momentsAccording to a police official from Versova police station the postmortem report from the hospital has pointed out that there are three cuts on the right side of Shikharsquos throat which meant that she had tried to see if she could slit her throat from that side Finally she slit her throat with an 8cm cut from the left side which resulted in her death due to excessive bleeding a police official saidAlso Read BA Pass director Shilpa Shukla condole Shikha Joshi deathVersova police have now sent four questions to the hospital that will help them further in their investigations 1 Did Shikha kill herself or was it done by someone else 2 Are there any signs of sexual assault 3 Was she under the influence of any intoxicating substance 4 What is your opinion on the death The doctors are yet to revert with answersThe roommateIn the last three days the Versova police have had to call Shikharsquos roommate Madhu Bharti twice as she has been changing her statements In her first statement she had told police she was alone in the house when the incident occurred on SaturdayAlso ReadShikha Joshis brother blames roommate for models deathHowever when the video of Shikha Joshi that she recorded went public another woman was seen present in the house Police called Madhu again to ask about this woman and Madhu then revealed she is her friend named Pushpa Parmar alias AnuFurther Madhu told police that the video had in fact been recorded on Anursquos cellphone while she was the one asking the questions The video was recorded after Shikha was found bleeding in the bathroom Madhu had told midday she made the clip because she didnrsquot want to get ldquoblamedrdquo for the deathShikharsquos brother Vishesh Joshi has told the police that the delay in taking Shikha to the hospital had resulted in her deathMadhu told the police that Anu had come from Gujarat and she had initially kept Anu out of her statement because she didnrsquot want her to get embroiled in the matter In her statement to the cops Anu said Shikha seemed upset on that day and was planning to go back to Delhi as her career in films wasnrsquot taking off ldquoShikha spoke to Anu and then went to take a bath where she killed herselfrdquo police said Cops have seized Anursquos phoneWherersquos the docThe Versova police are yet to register an abetment to suicide case against Dr Vijay Sharma the Kharbased doctor whom Shikha had blamed in her dying moments as the cause behind her taking the extreme step The BA Pass actress had accused Sharma of molesting her in 2011 police had even arrested Sharma then but he was released on bail and the court is still hearing the caseAlso ReadTV actress alleges doctor molested herIn fact Shikharsquos mother had called between 34 pm on the day of the alleged suicide and Shikha had told her she had a hearing of the case coming up soon and would return to Delhi permanently after it Shikha had planned to sell her mobile phone to pay for the ticket to DelhiPolice are now waiting for Shikharsquos brother who is expected to come to Mumbai within two days ldquoIf he does not come we will file an abetment to suicide case against Dr Vijay Sharma We have already sent a letter to him asking him to present himself at the police station to give his statement He hasnrsquot shown up yetrdquo said an officer from Versova police station Police further claimed the murder angle had not been ruled out and that ldquoall are under the scannerrdquo