‘TikTok star’ among 6 held for killing 19-yr-old woman: UP Police

The victim’s family told police that Naina, along with her father Baldev Singh and Neelam, had gone to a market in Tila Mor area when some masked men approached her. An argument ensued, which soon turned violent and the accused assaulted the woman. As her parents intervened, one of the accused tried to ward them off while another stabbed Naina multiple times. The accused then fled on a two-wheeler while Naina was declared brought dead at a hospital, police said.

“We found that Sheru and Naina had possibly become acquaintances on social media a couple of years ago. It appears that Sheru could not accept the fact that Naina was going to marry another person. In fact, his intention to kill her was Plan B as he hoped that he would convince her to elope with him. As Naina refused, he stabbed her”, said Keshav Kumar, Circle Officer, Sahibabad.

Naina was pursuing a nursing course and was residing with her family in Vivek Vihar Colony. His father Baldev Singh works as a clerk in a Delhi private firm. Naina was due to get married on June 20, police said. Accused Asif (22) and Amir (20) allegedly helped Sheru in carrying out the murder and its conspiracy and were the first ones to be arrested.

With over four lakh followers and 40 lakh ‘likes’ for his videos, Sheru was a popular TikTok content creator.