TikTok star Siya Kakkar dies by suicide: Mobile phone seized, police to question close friends
TikTok star Siya Kakkar died by suicide at her residence in New Delhi on June 25. Her mobile phone has been seized by the police.
The Delhi Police is investigating the reason behind TikTok star Siya Kakkar's death by suicide and said that her phone has been seized. Siya Kakkar, 16, died by suicide at her residence in New Delhi on June 25.
While her phone has been seized, Delhi Police has not been able to unlock it as yet. Officials will seek help of Siya's family to unlock her phone in order to check her call records.
Siya was at home throughout the coronavirus lockdown and filmed her last set of videos at her residence. Although her school is closed, police will question authorities and her close friends to obtain clues regarding her death. As per the Delhi police, Siya was under depression since the past four days.
After the first round of investigation, the DCP said that no suicide note has been recovered from Siya's residence. Her post mortem has been done.
"Siya died by suicide at her residence in New Delhi at around 9pm on June 25. She lived with her family. Her family is in shock and has requested privacy. No suicide note has been recovered," the DCP told India Today Television.
The news of Siya's death was confirmed by her manager Arjun Sarin on Thursday. "This must be due to something personal...workwise she was doing well. I had a word with her last night for a new project and she sounded normal. My company Fame Experts and me manage lots of artists and Siya was a bright talent," Arjun said.
Siya Kakkar has over one lakh followers on Instagram and over 11 lakh followers on TikTok. She, in fact, uploaded a dance video twenty hours prior to her death.
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