A young TikTok influencer star has been found guilty of murdering her married mother’s secret younger boyfriend.
Mahek Bukhari, a 24-year-old web sensation who boasts over 130,000 followers as a beauty and lifestyle creator, allegedly ran her mom’s toyboy Saqib Hussain and his pal Hashim Ijazuddin, each 21, off the road in February 2022, in keeping with BBC.
Hussain had allegedly attempted to oust his illicit affair with Mahek’s mother, 46-year-old Ansreen Bukhar, who was also convicted by a jury at Leicester Crown Court in England this week.
The young lover threatened to disclose sexually explicit images and videos of Ansreen to be able to expose their relationship after Ansreen tried to finish it.
Mahek allegedly offered to assist her mom, writing in a Whatsapp messag: “I’ll soon get him jumped by guys and he won’t know what day it’s.”
Mahek allegedly “set a trap” for Hussain, who was under the impression he was meeting with the Bukhari family, who hail from Stoke-on-Trent, to receive roughly $3,000 to maintain the affair quiet, in keeping with The Independent.
Nonetheless, Hussain and his friend Hashim Ijazuddin were allegedly chased and “rammed off the road” by two cars, in keeping with a frantic 999 call heard by the jury.
“There’s guys following me, they’ve balaclavas on… they’re attempting to ram me off the road,” Hussain said on the phone mere moments before the crash, per BBC.
“They’re attempting to kill me, I’m going to die… please sir, I just need assistance. They’re hitting the back of the automobile, really fast… please I’m begging you. I’m going to die.”
A scream was heard before the decision dropped.
The 2 men, identified later by their dental records, died after the automobile split in half and went up in flames after crashing right into a tree on the Six Hills junction on Feb. 11, 2022.
Rekhan Karwan, 29, and Raees Jamal, 23, were identified because the drivers of the 2 vehicles that ran the lads off the road. Like TikTok star Mahek and her mom Ansreen they’ve each been convicted of murder.
Meanwhile, Natasha Akhtar, 23, Ameer Jamal, 28, and Sanaf Gulamustafa, 23, were each convicted of two counts of manslaughter after they were all found guilty of being involved within the deathly plot.
All the defendants were contained in the two cars on the time they ran Hussain and Ijazuddin off the road.
The jury deliberated for 28 hours before reaching a conviction.
Ijazuddin’s family subsequently released an announcement paying tribute to their late son.
“Everyone who knew Hashim loved him. His death shouldn’t be just an enormous loss to our family but additionally to our whole community,” the family of Ijazuddin, Hussain’s late childhood best friend, said in an announcement, per The Independent.
“On that tragic day, he was simply helping his friend and this resulted in his death. It has been extremely painful not only losing Hashim at such a young age but additionally within the circumstances wherein we lost him.”
Meanwhile, Hussain’s family remembered Hussain as “kind, compassionate, caring and sensible.”
“We’re still struggling to come back to terms with the enormity of our loss,” they said in an announcement. “I never imagined that I might must bury one in all my children, that I might spend every waking moment suddenly expecting him to come back back and tell me every part is OK, endlessly looking for his face every time I’m in public although I realize it is inconceivable.
They added: “This grief of losing Saqib has further been compounded by having to relive the horror of my son’s death over and another time in court.”
