A city court today extended the judicial custody of actor Vikram Chatterjee, arrested on charges of unintentionally causing the death of co-passenger and model Sonika Chauhan in a road mishap while driving under influence.
Alipore Chief Judicial Magistrate Sougata Roy Chowdhury extended Chatterjee's judicial remand by another 14 days when he was produced before him.
Chatterjee was arrested on July 6 midnight on charges of of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and other penal offences.
His car had hit the pavement on Rahbehari Avenue at high speed in the early hours of April 29 killing Sonika.
The Kolkata police, which probed the case, filed chargesheet in the case on July 19, indicting the actor for allegedly causing culpable homicide not amounting to murder, rash driving, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and causing grievous hurt and mischief.
The chargesheet cited around 40 witnesses, eight of whom had recorded their statements before a judicial magistrate.
Besides Vikram and Sonika's friends, other witnesses include a KMC conservancy worker, a taxi driver.
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