According to an official, Joshi was taken to the hospital more than an hour after she had slit her throat. The hospital stated that "excessive bleeding" was the cause of her death.
Joshi's family believes that her death is a case of murder and has been petitioning for a CBI investigation.
On the evening of 16 May 2015, Joshi, at 40 years of age, committed suicide in her flat in Versova, Mumbai, by slitting her throat with a kitchen knife in the bathroom.
Shikha Joshi was an Indian actress, model, and classical dancer.
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,[1] until 20 May, when the Mumbai Police recorded a statement from him.