TikTok star Siya Kakkar died on Wednesday after reportedly taking her own life. She was 16.
The teenager from India was best known for her dance videos on TikTok. She had more than 1.1 million followers on the social media site that is wildly popular with teens and young adults.
Siya’s passing was confirmed by her manager Arjun Sarin, who had spoken to her the day before she was found dead in her home in East Delhi, India.
“This must be due to something personal… work wise she was doing well,” he said. “I had a word with her last night for a new project and she sounded normal.”
According to sources cited by London’s Daily Mail Online, Siya had received “threats” on the Internet prior to her death.
Photographer Viral Bhayani also mourned Kakkar’s death on Instagram, writing: “Sad news 16-year-old sweet tik-toker @siya_kakkar died by suicide.
“Before publishing this I spoke to her Talent management agency head 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. You go through her videos and you can she was so good in her content, it’s really sad that she chose this path. If you are feeling depressed please dont do this (sic).”
