16-year-old TikTok star Siya Kakkar commits suicide in Delhi

Kakkar has over 104k followers on Instagram and over 1.1 million followers on TikTok

Tribune Web Desk

Updated At : 10:49 PM Jun 25, 2020 IST

Tribune Web Desk
Chandigarh, June 25

TikTok star Siya Kakkar allegedly committed suicide on Thursday.

The news was reported by Bollywood photographer Viral Bhayani on his social media accounts.

In the post, Viral revealed that the 16-year-old TikTok star had a phone conversation with her manager, Arjun Sarin, on Wednesday, where she sounded happy and jovial.

In the social media post, Viral wrote: “Arjun Sarin who just spoke to her last night for a song collaboration, and he says she was in a good mood and perfectly alright. Even he has no clue what went wrong that she had to go this way.” (sic)

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The star’s residence is in Preet Vihar, New Delhi.

She was active on all the online platforms like TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube and was known for her dance videos.

According to reports, the family of the 16-year-old TikTok star has asked for a detailed police investigation on Siya Kakkar’s death.

Siya Kakkar has over 104k followers on Instagram and over 1.1 million followers on TikTok.

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