Deadly Influence: The Social Media Murders on OTT: Who was Sania Khan and why was she killed?

The OTT platform Discover Plus is streaming?Deadly Influence: The Social Media Murders starting July 24, 2024, and everyone is getting curious about who Sania Khan was and how she was killed. In one of the episodes of the TV series, it is shown how a 28-year-old professional photographer named Sania Khan was shot dead by her husband.

Who was Sania Khan, and how was she killed?

According to The Chicago Sun-Times, Sania was a professional photographer who was found dead near the front door of her Streeterville condominium in 2022. Sania and her husband had been undergoing divorce proceedings when she was found dead.

Not just a professional photographer, Sania had also gained popularity on her TikTok after she shared her life journey and struggles as a South Asian Muslim woman facing the stigma of marital separation.

For the first time, The Deadly Influence: The Social Media Murders episode named Tiktok Terror showed Sania Khan's murder story when it aired in June this year on Investigation Discovery.

The decription of the TV show read, "As 28-year-old Sania battles through a divorce, her passionate and searingly honest TikToks attract tens of thousands of followers. But she soon discovers that members of her community want to silence her and will stop at nothing to do it."

Sania Khan was the daughter of Pakistani Muslim migrant parents Haider Farooq Khan and Shazia Khan. Sania, who was born in 1993, grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She started her journey as a photographer while in college.

According to media sources, Sania used to photograph weddings, maternity sessions, and baby showers, among other major events and collaborations. Sania Khan dated her later husband, Raheel Ahmad, for five years and had a long-distance relationship before they married in 2021. Sania moved from Chattanooga to Chicago following their wedding.

According to reports, and sources close to Sania, the problems between the couple started when Sania's husband, Raheel, had a history of mental illness, which he allegedly refused to work on. Sania filed for divorce by the end of 2021 only.?

What exactly happened to Sania Khan?

TikToker Sania Khan was about to move in with her friend in July 2022, but unfortunately, she died three days before.

According to a media outlets like BBC, Sania died as she was shot to death in the head by Raheel. Raheel too held on to a 9mm Glock handgun while a suicide note lay next to him.

You can now watch the episode of Deadly Influence: The Social Media Murders about Sania Khan's death streaming on Discovery Plus.