Bengali actor Vikram Chatterjee who was injured in the fatal car accident which claimed the life of model Sonika Chauhan on April 29 has been charged with culpable homicide today.
The actor had earlier confessed to having consumed alcohol but had maintained was not drunk enough to lose control over the vehicle.
Based on this information, the police booked the actor under section 304 (Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Indian Penal Code.
Vikram was booked after the police filed a petition before the Alipore court to add Section 304 against him. The court approved the petition on Tuesday.
Supporters of both have launched campaigns in Kolkata. A "Justice for Sonika" petition has been launched by activist Pranadhika Sinha and "Voice for Vikram" has been started by the actor's friends.