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{{Infobox person
| name = Shikha Joshi
| image = Shikha Joshi.jpg
| imagesize = 220px
| caption = Joshi
| occupation = [[Actress]], [[model (people)|model]], [[Classical Dancer]]
| birth_date = 4 January 1976
| death_date = {{Death date and given age |df=yes|2015|5|16|40}}
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| parents =
| relatives =
| years_active = 2006-2015|
}}

'''Shikha Joshi''' was an Indian actress, model, and classical dancer.

==Sexual molestation allegation ==

Joshi had alleged Dr. Vijay Sharma, who had performed a breast implant surgery on her in 2006, sexually exploited her in 2011. The doctor had gone missing since her death,<ref>{{cite web|title=Shikha Joshi suicide case: Doctor named in actor's statement gone into hiding|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Shikha-Joshi-suicide-case-Doctor-named-in-actors-statement-gone-into-hiding/articleshow/47351716.cms|newspaper=The Times of India|accessdate=21 May 2015}}</ref> until 20 May, when the [[Mumbai Police]] recorded a statement from him.<ref name=dna/>

In November 2013, Joshi and her brother, Vishesh Joshi, were arrested for pelting stones at Sharma's residence in [[Andheri]],<ref>{{cite web|title=After molestation, model Shikha Joshi arrested for throwing stones at doctor's house in Mumbai|url=http://archive.financialexpress.com/news/after-molestation-model-shikha-joshi-arrested-for-throwing-stones-at-doctors-house-in-mumbai/1192900|publisher=Financial Express|accessdate=21 May 2015}}</ref> but were later released on bail. According to a police officer, Shikha Joshi was supposed to make a court appearance on 24 May 2015 in connection with the stone-pelting incident.<ref>{{cite web|title=Model spoke to mother about Delhi visit|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/model-spoke-to-mother-about-delhi-visit/article7224857.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|accessdate=21 May 2015}}</ref>

==Death==
On the evening of 16 May 2015, Joshi, at 40 years of age, committed suicide in her flat in [[Versova, Mumbai|Versova]], [[Mumbai]], by slitting her throat with a kitchen knife in the bathroom.<ref>[https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2015/05/18/shikha-joshi-suicide_n_7303748.html Actress Shikha Joshi Allegedly Committed Suicide Out Of Frustration With 'Lack Of Work' | HuffPost India]</ref> Her neck had three small cuts and a large cut.<ref>[ three small cuts as well as a large cut ]</ref> The flat owner Madhu Bharti, Bharti's boyfriend Riyaz Pathan, and friend Pushpa Parmar were present with Joshi at the flat during the incident.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mumbai: Model Shikha Joshi 'practised' thrice before slitting her throat|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/mumbai-model-shikha-joshi-practised-thrice-before-slitting-her-throat/16223199|publisher=Mid-Day|accessdate=21 May 2015}}</ref> Madhu Bharti recorded Joshi's last moments on Parmar's mobile phone in which Joshi named Dr. [Vijay] Sharma and "many married men" as responsible for her decision to commit suicide.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shikha Joshi's dying statement names people responsible for death|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/shikha-joshi-ba-pass-actress-model-suicide-stabbed-cosmetic-surgeon-people-responsible-for-death/1/438902.html|publisher=India Today|accessdate=21 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title='BA Pass' actress Shikha Joshi commits suicide|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/BA-Pass-actress-Shikha-Joshi-commits-suicide/photostory/47337502.cms|newspaper=The Times of India|accessdate=21 May 2015}}</ref> After the message was recorded, they called Bharti's boyfriend Riyaz Pathan, who arrived at the scene 10 minutes later, following which Joshi was taken to a nearby hospital.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mumbai: Shikha Joshi's brother blames roommate for model's death|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/mumbai-shikha-joshis-brother-blames-roommate-for-models-death/16221176|publisher=Mid-Day|accessdate=21 May 2015}}</ref> According to an official, Joshi was taken to the hospital more than an hour after she had slit her throat.<ref name="dna">{{cite web|title=Police record cosmetic surgeon's statement accused in Shikha Joshi death case|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-police-record-cosmetic-surgeon-s-statement-accused-in-shikha-joshi-death-case-2087684|publisher=DNA India|accessdate=21 May 2015}}</ref> The hospital stated that "excessive bleeding" was the cause of her death.

Joshi's family believes that this is a case of murder and has been petitioning for a CBI investigation.

==Filmography==
*''[[B.A. Pass]]'' (2013)

==External lists==
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