TikTok star, Mahek Bukhari and gang of seven murdered her 45-year-old mother’s lover, Saqib Hussain high-speed chase after he tried to blackmail her with indecent photos and tape
A TikTok star plotted to have a man who threatened to expose an affair with her mother ‘jumped by guys’ just a month before he was murdered, a court heard today.
Social media influencer Mahek Bukhari, 23, told her mother Ansreen in a message that her young lover, 21-year-old Saqib Hussain, ‘won’t know what day it is’, Leicester Crown Court heard.
Mr Hussain had been having a three-year fling with 45-year-old Ansreen, the jury was told, but he threatened to leak a sex tape they had made to her husband and family when she tried to end their relationship.
The jury was also told that Mahek lured Mr Hussain into a trap on the night he died by promising to pay back money owed to him.
Mr Hussain and his friend, Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin, also 21, died instantly after their Skoda Fabia burst into flames when it was rammed off the road in Leicester on February 11 this year.
The prosecutor, Collingwood Thompson KC, said the Skoda was being pursued by two cars, an Audi TT and a Seat Leon, which were travelling at speeds of up to 100mph in the moments before the fatal crash.
A harrowing 999 call was played to the jury today in which Mr Hussain is heard pleading: ‘They’re right behind. They’re hitting into the back of the car very fast. Please I’m begging you, I’m going to die.’
He screamed before a loud crash was heard.
Before her arrest, Mahek Bukhari had boasted of more than 126,000 followers on TikTok and a further 43,000 on Instagram.
She had regularly shared snippets of her life, including her outfits, make-up and handbags, and has also appeared in videos alongside her mother.
But she is now charged with two counts of murder, and of manslaughter as a possible alternative, alongside her mother and friend Natasha Akhtar, 22.