Who killed Tik Tokker Ayesha Shamsu?
It all started with a phone call. On August 14, TikTok creator Shamsu Bibi aka Ayesha Gulmana was allegedly contacted by a man Kashif aka “Kashi”. According to her father’s police complaint, the caller asked her to come out of the family home immediately.
Bibi left home with her 15-year-old sister Asma and her brother Nimatullah. It was an ordinary journey that would end in tragedy. After a while, the gunfire started.
According to the complaint, two unidentified persons on a motorcycle fired at the family’s vehicle near the petrol station. A bullet hit Bibi in the neck. She died on the spot. The car also went out of control due to the firing. It collided with another vehicle, seriously injuring 15-year-old Asma.
By the time Bibi’s father Fazal Sahibzada reached THQ Hospital Taxila, his daughter was in the mortuary. He identified her body there. His brother Nimatullah, who survived the attack, reportedly told the family that the gunmen were aged between 30 and 35 years. Investigators are now tasked with finding out who they were and why Bibi was targeted.
For years, BB had built a life around TikTok. She had been making videos on the platform for about three to four years and had accumulated about 1.3 million followers, her father said. His brother Rehmatullah said the account had accumulated more than 30 million likes, with the total number reportedly between 30 million and 35 million.
However, after his death, the account was deactivated by the family. A digital map of a woman after more than a million people suddenly disappeared, leaving behind a growing number of questions about what happened to her.
Bibi’s father has pointed investigators to a possible financial motive. In her complaint, Sahibzada named two persons, Kausar and Javed, also known as Shaheen, and alleged that they had financial affairs with her daughter. He said that Bibi had received threats related to the demands for his return and had earlier filed a complaint against the two men in Islamabad.
Sahibzada told the police that she strongly suspected that Kausar and Javed were either directly involved in the murder or had arranged for others to carry it out. It also raised questions about Kashif, the man who allegedly called Bibi shortly before she left the house.
These are the allegations contained in the police complaint and are yet to be proved in court.
For Bibi’s family, the issue is now more than the identity of the men who pulled the trigger. Her father wants investigators to determine who sent them and whether an alleged financial dispute was behind the attack. He has asked the police to take action against the named accused and unknown armed persons. He also said that Nimatullah would be able to identify the attackers if they were brought before him.
The police registered a case under Sections 302, 324, 109 and 34 of the Pakistan Penal Code for murder, attempted murder, abetment and alleged acts of conspiracy by several persons. The investigation is now expected to focus on the attackers, the alleged financial dispute and the circumstances surrounding the phone call that brought Bibi out of her home.
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