“Save me, they are chasing me, they are going to kill me.”
On February 11, 2022, police in the city of Leicester, England, received a call late at night about a man screaming and calling for help. He kept saying that a speeding car was chasing his car. A loud scream was heard on the call and then silence before the police could help. After a while the call was disconnected.
After tracing the location, when the police reached the spot, they found a car burning on the side of the road. Along with that car, two dead bodies were also burning in the fire. Apparently, one of those burning bodies belonged to the same person who called the police for help some time ago.
An investigation into the case led Leicester police to Pakistani-British TikToker Mehek Bukhari. Mehek was a TikTok star and social media influencer with millions of followers and fans.
After a long trial, the court convicted Mehek Bukhari and his mother Ansarin in the double murder case and sentenced them to life imprisonment.
What was glamorous Tiktok star Mehek Bukhari's connection with the two dead boys? Ultimately, what was the reason that turned the 23-year-old star into a murderer? Why Mehek Bukhari had to spend his entire life behind bars?
Today, read the sequential story of illicit affairs, blackmailing, revenge and murder in 4 chapters of the untold story-
Mehek Bukhari lived in Staffordshire, England with her father Raza Ali and mother Ansreen and younger brother. At just 18 years old, he started gaining worldwide recognition through TikTok. He has 1 lakh 30 thousand followers on TikTok and 45 thousand followers on Instagram, while his YouTube channel has 3900 subscribers.
Mehek Bukhari with Mata Ansareen.
Her videos on makeup, style and luxury living have been liked by millions. Due to this, he got star status on social media. Amid growing popularity, Mehek abandoned her graduation studies and became a content creator. Mehek started making good money by being a part of brand promotions and events.
By the year 2022, Mehek Bukhari was gaining recognition all over the world when one day news broke that she had been found guilty in a double murder case and sentenced to life imprisonment. Mehek, who was in the headlines for the video, was now in the headlines for being a murderer.
The cause of this darkness in his life was his mother Ansreen Bukhari. The same Unsarin, who was also seen several times in Mahek's videos.
One day in 2021 Mehek noticed that his mother looked a little nervous. Mehek wanted to know the reason from him, but he clearly refused to say anything. As time passed, Ansarin began to look more and more worried. Mahek could not see the mother's concern and he forced her to tell him the reason for her concern.
46-year-old Ansareen had an illicit relationship with 21-year-old Saqib The mother broke down and revealed the truth about her illicit relationship. 46-year-old Ansarinan told Mehek that she is having an affair with 21-year-old Saqib Hussain since 2019.
Ansarin's conversation with Saqib started through an online chatting app. Both started liking each other while talking for a long time. In the conversation, Saqib used to call himself 27 years old, when in fact he was only 21 years old.
On the other hand, Ansareen was married with a 23-year-old daughter and there was a huge age gap between her and Saqib, but all these things did not affect her.
A few weeks passed and after chatting the series of meetings also started. The two often met in restaurants, cafes, shisha lounges and hotels. Ansarin continued this trend for almost 2 years while hiding from her husband Raj.
At the end of 2021, Ansarin realized that he could no longer hide this illicit relationship. She was afraid of her husband, so one day she talked about separating from Saqib Hussain.
Saqib sets out to blackmail Ansari Saqib was so obsessed with this relationship that he categorically refused to end the relationship. When Ansreen adamantly said that she would not continue the relationship, Saqib started sending her some private pictures. Saqib used to blackmail Ansari whenever there was talk of a breakup that he would send private pictures and videos of her to her husband. Unsarin started getting disturbed due to blackmailing.
On Mehek's request, mother called Saqib to meet him After listening to mother Ansareen, Mehek Bukhari decided to solve the matter himself. Although Mehek should have sought the help of the police for such a case, instead hatched a conspiracy. The same conspiracy that ended up behind bars.
To free Mata Ansareen from Saqib, Mehek Bukhari enlisted the help of his mechanic friend Reqan Karwan (27), who also brought along Raees Zaman (23), Natasha Akhtar (23), Amir Jamal (28) and Sanaf Mustafa (23). .
As per the plan, Ansreen was to call Saqib to meet, where everyone was going to pressure him to delete private photos from his phone. To put the plan into action, Ansarin called Saqib and told him that he wanted to pay him back the 3000 pounds he had spent during their two-year relationship.
Saqib came to meet with a lure of 3000 pounds Hearing this, Saqib agreed to meet him. They all decided to meet in a park in Leicester. Shakib also took his childhood friend Mohammad Hashim Azazuddin. Hashim did not know that his friend Saqib was involved in blackmailing. He agreed to go along without asking anything.
The question is that Mehek Bukhari went to delete the photos with her friends, so what happened that both of them were killed.
11 February 2022
Saqib Hussain reached the park in Leicester late at night with his friend. After some time Ansareen and her daughter Mehek Bukhari arrived there. Ansreen asks Saqib to delete all the photos from his phone, but Saqib gets angry at that. He understood that giving 3000 pounds was about calling him. Mehek and Saqib started arguing, seeing which their friends started getting out of the car.
Sensing the danger, Saqib immediately got into his car and started running away. Mehek and his friends chased Saqib's car to stop him.
Mahek and his friends are chasing Saqib's car. (This CCTV footage has been released by Leicester Police)
Those people were constantly chasing Saqib. Out of fear, he called the helpline number 999 and sought help. He said two speeding cars were chasing him. Those people wearing masks are attacking his car.
The call between Saqib and the police lasted for about 5 minutes, with the police constantly trying to find out his exact location. Saqib was constantly on the phone begging for help. Then suddenly the police heard a scream and the call was disconnected, but the police still could not reach his location.
At around 1.30 that night, a recovery driver called a nearby police station to report that he had found a car on fire on the A46 dual carriageway road.
The car was completely burnt, the bodies of the two boys were also burning in it. The police immediately called the fire fighters and brought the fire under control.
An investigation revealed that the boys whose bodies were found were the same people who had called 999 a short time earlier to ask for help.
With the help of dental records, the police confirmed the identity of Saqib and his friend Hashim and started a search for the killers.
While scanning the CCTV footage of that route, the police saw a Skoda and an Audi coming up behind their car. That car was going at a speed of 100 km per hour.
The police traced the location of the Audi car at 2 am with the help of an automatic number plate detector. With the help of Midland Police, the Audi stopped the car at a petrol station, with only Mehek's friend Natasha in it. The police immediately detained him. It was revealed from Natasha's phone that she had called her friend Rais shortly before her arrest.
Natasha's arrest proved to be important in this case. Natasha told the police during interrogation that she had gone to a shisha lounge with her friend Mehek and some friends, but came back after the plan was cancelled.
Natasha tried to mislead the police, but CCTV cameras installed at every step exposed the crime.
The police found that Mehek, Ansarin and their six companions were traveling in two separate cars. After Saqib's car caught fire, they proceeded on the same route. One car was driven by Mehek's friend Natasha, while the other was driven by Rekan. After a while Mehek started driving the Audi and Natasha got into the seat next to her. After going a short distance everyone took a U-turn and started back to the city.
The brutality of the accused – saw the burning car and left On their way back, they all passed by Saqib's car which was burning on the side of the road and as soon as they reached the city, they stopped the car and started walking on the road, which can be seen on the CCTV cameras. After staying at this place, some people left for home on foot, while some were dropped to their homes by cars.
Mehek Bukhari and Ansarin returning home after Saqib's death
Mehek and Ansreen went to sleep at their home in Stroud-on-Trent and Natasha drove to Birmingham in her Audi car, but was arrested en route.
The next day on February 12, when the police reached Mehek and Ansarin's house, both were sleeping. He was woken up by the sound of the police. As the police arrive, Mehek notices that she has received several missed calls on her phone from Raees, informing her that Natasha has been arrested. After talking to Raees on the call, Mehek texted his mother Ansreen and told her what false story he had to tell the police.
Mehek and Ansareen told several stories to the police, but they and all their associates were arrested based on evidence from CCTV footage.
Mehek Bukhari giving statement after arrest.
After showing all the evidence, when Mahek was again questioned strictly, she said that she had only gone to meet Saqib and wanted to delete private photos, for which she chased his car. Mehek said that Saqib and his friend died in their speeding car accident, which he and his friends had nothing to do with.
In court, Mehek Bukhari, his mother Ansareen and six others were charged with murder, but Mohammad Patel, who was accompanying them, was given a clean chit in the case as he turned police witness.
Friend said how to make a murder plan? After the arrest, Mohammad Patel said that initially he went to delete the photo, but during the car chase, Raees and Rekan continued to talk on the phone, in which he was planning to run over Saqib's car. Mehek and Ansarin were also involved in this plan.
Picture of Mehek and Ansarin outside the court.
According to Mohammad Patel, Mahek and his friend Rekha's car hit Saqib's car hard, causing it to hit a tree and explode.
After nearly 11 months of trial, the verdict in the case was delivered on August 4, 2023. Mehek acted like a celebrity while arriving in court, smiling and beaming with confidence in front of the media, but when the verdict was delivered, she was seen crying in court.
The court found Mehek guilty of murdering Saqib and Hashim and sentenced Mehek to 31 years and eight months and his mother Ansareen to 26 years and nine months. Reqan and Raees were also sentenced to life imprisonment. His friend Natasha, who was involved in the murder, was sentenced to 11 years for culpable homicide, Amir Jamal to 14 years and Gul Mustafa to 14 years and 9 months. Another of his accomplices, Mohammad Patel, was acquitted after the trial after turning police witness.
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