Bollywood actor Ashish Chaudhary loses sister in Mumbai terror attack

Ashish Chaudhary

BOLLYWOOD star Ashish Chaudhary was inconsolable outside the Oberoi-Trident Hotel in Mumbai yesterday after having to identify the bullet-riddled bodies of his sister & her husband. Monica Chhabria & her husband had gone to the hotel on Wednesday for dinner. They were in the luxurious Tiffin restaurant in the lower level of the hotel when heavily armed terrorists stormed in. [...] (www.news.com.au)

Slain realtor had returned to Oberoi to settle dispute

Actor Ashish Chaudhary was devastated when he saw his sister Monica & her husband’s bodies on Friday. The couple were dining at Tiffin when they were mowed down on Wednesday. The list of deceased, available with BMC, also includes Ravi Dara (an executive of the Kirloskar group), Sanjay Aggarwal, Rita Aggarwal, Murath Amersey, Lubria Amersey, Jordan Fernandes, Ajit Chhabria & Monica Chhabria. [...] (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

Indian victims include financier, actor’s sister, police, journalist

The chairman of one of India’s fastest-growing banks, the sister of a Bollywood actor, a Times of India journalist & the chief of India’s Anti-Terrorism Squad were among Indians killed in the four-day terrorist siege in Mumbai [...] Bollywood actor Ashish Chowdhury’s sister, Monica Chhabaria, & her husband also were killed Wednesday at the Oberoi, CNN-IBN reported. The actor waited outside the hotel for word of his sister, who he said had stopped answering phone calls after the siege began. Chowdhury has appeared in numerous Indian films. He had a small role in the U.S. film “Fight Club,” starring Brad Pitt. The body of Sabina Sehgal Saikia, a Times of India consulting editor & food critic, was recovered Saturday from the Taj hotel, CNN-IBN reported. [...] (www.cnn.com)