TikTok star Siya Kakkar, who rose to fame on the app for her artistic and dancing talents, died of suicide. She was reportedly 16 years old.
Delhi police told local media India Today that Kakkar died on Thursday at his residence in New Delhi, India.
“Siya died of suicide at his residence in New Delhi around 9 p.m. on June 25. He lived with his family. His family is in shock and has asked for privacy. No suicide note has been recovered.” authorities said to the media.
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Siya Kakkar rose to fame for her success on Tik Tok. She died Thursday, police confirmed in New Delhi, India.
(Siya Kakkar Facebook)
Police confirmed that they are now investigating the reason for Kakkar’s death and are working with his family to access his phone.
The police department also told the store that they had learned that Kakkarr was fighting depression in the four days leading up to his death.
Kakkar was reportedly home for the past few weeks during the coronavirus blockade. His latest videos were filmed there, according to reports.
Kakkar’s death was also confirmed by his talent manager, Arjun Sarin, who called the teenager “brilliant talent.”
He struggled to find reasons why she killed herself as she had spoken to him the night before and said “it sounded normal.”
“This must be because of something personal … when it came to work, she was fine,” Sarin said.
A photographer named Viral Bhayani also reacted to the news in an Instagram post.
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“Sad news, the sweet 16-year-old tik-toker @siya_kakkar died of suicide. Before posting this, I spoke to her head of talent management agency Arjun Sarin, who just spoke to her last night for a song collaboration and he says he was in a good mood and perfectly fine. Even he has no idea what went wrong that she had to go this way. You check her videos and she may have been so good at her content, it’s really sad that she has Chosen this way. If you feel depressed please don’t do this 🙏, “captioned photos of the star.
If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, contact the National Suicide Prevention Line at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
