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01x02 - TikTok Terror

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Deadly Influence: The Social Media Murders". Aired: June 3, 2024.*
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Unpacks shocking true crime stories involving influencers and digital communities across the social media landscape.

01x02 - TikTok Terror

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So we just had dinner

which means it's time
for dessert.

And where are we gonna
get dessert?

An ice cream shop.

[Sidra] Sania was
a burst of sunshine

and positive energy.

[Sania exclaiming] I did it!

[Sidra] Man,
it was infectious.

-[Gabriella] She was
bold, big and funny.
-Baby.

Everyone felt like her friend

because everyone was.

I can't talk right now.

I'm doing hot girl [bleep]

[Olivia] She was proud to be
a Pakistani woman.

She was very proud

of how she modernized
her culture.

[Hira] She made
a lot of women feel

safe, seen, and heard.

But being a Pakistani Muslim
influencer online...

it can get very toxic
very quickly.

Harassment,

bullying,

death threats.

The possibility
of online threats stepping
over into real life is

actually very real.

[Divya] There was
only positives

until she had that day

where her own life
was actually at risk.

[theme music playing]

[keyboard clacking]

[Sidra] My first introduction

into the world
of the Internet was

through Sania reconfiguring
my Myspace layout.

Her handle was Geminigirl

and mine was Ariesgirl.

[laughing]

[girl speaking indistinctly]

Mmm.

[man] Hi, Sania.

[Sidra] I met Sania
in the early 2000s.

[speaking in Urdu]

[Sidra] We were between
the ages of nine and ten.

That's not on.
You didn't turn it on.

[Sidra] It was New Year's Eve.

I was talking to my cousin,

and this girl just jumps

into the conversation.

"Hi, my name's Sania."

True Sania Khan style, right?

[expl*si*n and crackling]

[Sidra] It was just destined.
We became friends.

[indistinct conversation]

[Sidra] Early teens,
early 2000s.

-[Sania] No, I didn't.
-You did--

I entered with the front door
with Yusra.

No, I didn't!

[Sidra] This is her family.

Sania's the eldest.

This is Heider uncle,
who is her father.

This is Shazia auntie,
her mother.

They look happy.

[Sidra] In Chattanooga,

the Muslim community is
very conservative,

but we are Pakistani-American.

We have two identities

that are oftentimes
in conflicts with each other.

We tried to be
"acchi bacchis", right,

which means good girls...

[man speaking in Urdu]

[Sidra] ...respect
your elders,

biggest thing,
dressing modestly.

We don't bring shame
to our families.

We want to be assimilated

into the American community,

but our parents did not
understand the culture

and so I think

Sania definitely struggled
with that all her life.

Stop it!

[man] Why?

I don't like it
when you... [indistinct]

[Grant] I met Sania

in homeroom freshman year,
ninth grade.

Since pretty much
the first week she was there,

we've been friends.

My connection to Sania was
a creative one.

These were some
of the first photos

she took of me

when she was
practicing photography.

Sania's relationship
with her mother and father was

strained and confusing,

at least from my perspective

as a white teenage boy.

They had certain expectations
placed on her

that didn't mesh
with the culture

she was exposed to
at our school.

[mouse clicking]

First semester she met Robert,
started dating.

That was really like

-the formative high school
sweet romance.
-[mouse clicking]

[chimes]

[Grant] She loved him
and vice versa,

but stigma of dating
a non-South Asian man,

I don't know
how she managed it,

but I don't feel

like she would have traded
it for the world.

[Sidra] While she was
in college,

her parents went through
a horrible divorce

that took a toll
on her entire family.

When it comes
to South Asian family norms,

we're really good

at keeping the facade alive

of a happy marriage,

but when things go sour,

they go down sour real quick.

She got to see the other side

of the Chattanooga
Muslim community.

Her mother was
ostracized, shunned,

for initiating the divorce.

She felt for her mom a lot.

She hated
the authoritarian way

that her father may
have handled the situation.

And so her relationship
did become strained

with her father.

She lived with her mother,

and she saw him occasionally.

[Hira] Like most
immigrant communities,

the Pakistani communities,

"Oh, you have to become
a doctor, or a lawyer,

or an engineer

because those are careers

that will make you
more stable in life."

Sania actually did do
as her parents wished,

and she went to UTC

and pursued a education
in psychology.

But then,
after she graduated college,

she decided to go down
a more creative path,

and she picked photography.

And that's not normal.

She didn't care.

She didn't let,
"log kya kehenge",

"what are people
going to say?", dictate that.

[chimes]

[Mehru] Sania and I met
over social media.

We're kind of like
rule breakers,

and don't let,
"What will people say?",

like, hold us back.

She made up her own rules
of what it means

to be a Muslim
and an American.

It's okay for her
to make the religion

what it means to her,

rather than what they say
it should be.

She told me,
"I want to be married.

I want to have a big family.

And I want
my photography to thrive."

[chimes]

[Olivia] She was
the best photographer ever.

She captured moments

in such a beautiful way.

Sania decided
to slide in my DMs.

We bonded in the fact
that we were sent to college,

failure is not an option,

you have to graduate,
be successful.

In 2016,

her photography business
just started going bonkers.

She was out of town
every weekend,

going to, like, awesome places

to sh**t people

and then she started
recording herself,

putting her thoughts
out there.

[drum 'n' bass music playing]

She became
this traveling photographer.

She'd use TikTok as a platform

and expanded her business.

[lip-syncing] ♪ How we feeling
out there tonight? ♪

[chuckles]

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ I am not feeling good ♪

[Divya] She and I met
on a random night.

Right from the start,

it just felt like we knew
each other forever.

Before you know it,
we're texting each other
every day.

She was
definitely an entrepreneur,

because it was like
she was doing two jobs in one.

And she was
utilizing social media

to get a following

for her photography business.

[miming screaming]

[screaming] I'm gonna have
such a good day today!

[bleep]

But we all knew she was
a hopeless romantic.

She wanted to have
a strong relationship

with her mother and father.

So she needed to find
the right person

to make them happy,

to make them proud.

[Grant] She wanted
to be a wife,

a mother,

have a home, have a full life

that she could not keep
compartmentalized,

but she could not have that
with Robert.

So her relationship
with Robert ended.

She decided on dating
a South Asian person

that she could bring home
to mom and dad.

[Mehru] Sania met Raheel
on Tinder.

He was studying to be
a physician's assistant.

[chimes]

[Mehru] He was
very charismatic,

and he was very sweet.

Like her, he was

Pakistani and Muslim.

[Grant] I liked him
from the get-go

because he knew
how to present himself.

But she had moved to Dallas.

He was in Atlanta.

And they were long distance.

So there was
no real, like, intimacy

of living with somebody.

[Divya] Sania and Raheel kept
a relationship

through weekend getaways.

They often did camping trips.

[Sidra] She definitely knew

that she wanted to marry him.

She wanted someone

who had her back
at the end of the day,

that she could
kind of show off

in the community, too.

[Hira] So part of being
an influencer is

talking about yourself, right?

Being more personable
with your audience.

And Sania did just that.

When you get a following,

it brings in more clients,
more money,

and builds your portfolio.

Sania was a self-confessed,
hopeless romantic,

and she loved
to capture couples.

Quickly, she became
a go-to photographer.

She had a blog

where she shared
about her own relationship

and gave relationship advice.

She talked about

how they supported
one another.

Raheel was very sweet to her.

He would fly in
and surprise her,

would send her
gifts and flowers

on Valentine's Day.

[Sidra] They were dating
for five years

before he proposed to her,

which is a very long time.

"Here's where

-your day turns
fancy and free."
-[woman] Oh.

"Time to get out
of your comfort zone

and find something naughty

or nice for the bride-to-be."

[women cheering]

[Sidra] The reason why
it took the time is

because she came
from a divorced household.

That's still a big stigma.

[Olivia] I know that
there was some resentment

from Raheel's family

in the way
that they saw Sania.

But she can't help

that her parents made
the choices that they did.

[all] Hi.

Bride tribe!

[woman whooping]

[Sidra] It was very much
"Present the couple,

look how perfect they are,

look how nice the family is."

She had to look like

the perfect South-Asian
glowing bride.

Oh, my God.

[Urdu music playing on PA]

[Olivia] Raheel's parents were
still together,

and they painted
that perfect picture

of the way things were
supposed to be.

[Grant] Having
everyone together,

her mother, her father,

both sides of the family,
everything coming together,

that's what she's wanted
since she was a little girl.

[Mehru] But during the signing
of the papers,

there was an event.

Just made everybody
in the room kind of...

pause.

[Divya] It was very calm
at the beginning

until the energy
in the room changed

suddenly to being hostile,

and just-- it was
very uncomfortable.

I remember the look
in Raheel's eyes

and they were--

it was just scary.

Raheel did have a sword,

which is traditional.

And he was like,

"I have a weapon

and I'm willing to use it."

Was there any conflict
at the wedding? [chuckles]

Yes, there was some conflict
at the wedding.

No, I'd rather not get
into details of that.

The conflict was
over something

what I thought was very minor.

It was like
a seating arrangement.

He was telling her father

to sit in a certain place.

But I recalled

her father speaking back
to him that, you know,

"You're not supposed
to be telling us,

like, what to do."

[Grant] It was
a very vocal altercation.

Her father was screaming,
"I paid for the whole thing,

and you-- you can get out."

Raheel banged the sword

on the table.

For anyone to do that
in front of an elder is

a huge sign of disrespect.

It's a really big deal.

That event set the tone
for the rest of the evening.

[people speaking indistinctly]

"May Allah bless the earth

with your progeny."

[Grant] She's just like,

"I have to let it
wash over me.

I just have to be here
and can't say a word and...

it'll all be okay."

Sorry. I'm just like--

I hated that day. [chuckles]

[Grant] There was
already tension

between the two families.

Fallout at the wedding
just furthered the divide.

She, at that point, was trying
to support her husband

rather than her family.

[Hira] After their wedding,

Sania and Raheel moved
to Chicago,

where Raheel would go
to medical school.

And they lived
in an apartment building

on the 28th floor.

Sania was thriving

in her business.

Her online presence
was growing.

[inaudible]

Everything seemed
to be going really well

for the couple.

[Hira] On November 7th
of 2021,

Sania was featured
on a podcast--

[interviewer] What would
you say

to the South Asian parents--

[Hira] ...to talk
about the issues

faced in her career
as a South Asian woman.

[interviewer] ...children
entering creative industries?

[Sania] Support your child,

motivate them.

If you want them to succeed,

if you want them to be happy--

Sania presented herself
and her partner

as a power couple, really.

[Sania] Life was wonderful
when I got married.

I mean, I love my husband.

-He's actually in school
for medicine
- [interviewer] Mm-hmm.

and he's gonna be in it
for a little bit.

-And so I was like, well--
-[interviewer] Yeah.

[Sania] ...now I need
to be the breadwinner.

He's gonna be providing,

-you know, in the future.
-Yeah.

[Sania] But
for the time being,

let me be that support.

[Hira] Sania was
trying to live

between the online world,

and the real world.

Trying to pick
and choose things

that would reflect well,

when in reality,

things weren't going very well
in her relationship.

[Mehru] He was
almost never around.

He was either studying
for school

or with his friends.

And she was,

in her words,
"playing housewife."

[Divya] And just the way
he talked to her,

especially when it came
to her career in photography,

he would say, "No, this is
not, like, a real income."

[Olivia] Sania had
expressed to me

how much pressure
that she felt

from their family,

because they saw him
as being perfect.

And the girls in his family
were perfect.

So they expected Sania
to be perfect too.

So it was just a lot.

[Mehru] We started
communicating less and less.

She was almost never
on social media anymore.

I remember,

about four or five months
after her wedding,

I was going to Chicago

to see some friends.

And of course,
I wanted to see her.

But she told me
she wouldn't be able to,

because she had
some family stuff going on.

And that was kind of
a red flag for me,

because she would tell me
what it was.

I just knew that
there was something

that she wasn't telling me.

She literally went off
the grid

and that was weird.

That was so weird.

[Mehru] I didn't find out

about Raheel's
mental-health struggles

until she called me crying
on the phone one day,

told me what he had tried
to do.

She didn't wanna actually tell
the complete truth

until she had that day,

where her own life was
actually at risk.

[Sidra] December 7th, 2021,

Raheel tried to commit suicide

from their high-rise apartment
in Chicago.

[indistinct shouting]

He tried to grab Sania

and then jump out
of the window.

[indistinct arguing]

[Hira] On December 7th, 2021,

Raheel tried to k*ll himself

by jumping from the balcony
of the 28th floor

and taking Sania with him.

[indistinct arguing]

[Hira] His mother somehow was
able to stop him.

Raheel allegedly was
going through a mental break,

but the fact that your son

or son-in-law has tried
to k*ll himself is

very shameful
and a huge taboo.

Unfortunately, Sania's mom
told her specifically

not to say anything
to the police.

She, like, divulges
everything to me.

I was literally in shock.

She's like, "My mom just
didn't want anyone to know.

I honestly didn't know
what to do."

Her in-laws were refusing
to look at the fact

that Raheel had
a serious problem.

They held him on a pedestal.

I think
she truly felt conflicted

and isolated during that time.

Like, "how did this happen?

How did I contribute to that?"

And essentially,
she gave this man

the benefit of the doubt.

[Divya] There's
this other, like,

South Asian pressure
coming towards him

about being that, like,
ideal son in a family.

She would say that

that was contributing

to his mental health.

[Mehru] His biggest goal,
like, in life,

is to become a doctor,

is to get there,

but he was
definitely struggling.

[Divya] Something else
that came out was his age,

that he had lied.

He was
actually in his mid-30s.

That, for her, was
a huge turning point as well

because she actually
doesn't know

who the hell she married.

Sania was being gaslit
from both sides,

from her family
and her in-laws,

about keeping quiet,

trying to work
on the marriage, etc.

Her mother was like,
"It's nothing."

It happens."

And that evolves to,

"Maybe you're
to blame for it."

[Hira] When she finally told
her friends,

they helped her realize

that she needed to get out.

[Mehru] I got a call from her.

She was crying.

She proceeded to tell me

both her family and his family
is telling her

that it's all in her head.

He's sorry
and she should move on.

He'd never do it again.

But she told me
she couldn't sleep next to him

and feel safe.

I told her to pretend

that she never called me,

and I planned to fly up
the next day

and grab her myself.

I flew from New York
to Chicago

and arrived at her apartment.

Raheel had no idea
that I was coming.

And she packed a small bag

and she brought
her camera... [chuckles]

like her baby.

We ran to the elevator.

We were shaking,
out of breath.

Adrenaline was pumping,

thinking that he had
followed us.

But we made it.

Then took a flight back

to my apartment in New York.

Her getting out
made her realize that

what had happened between them
was not normal.

It's not okay.

She finally said it out loud.

She said, "I'm going
to get a divorce."

I'm like, you know,

maybe I need to stop,
like, thinking.

I need to stop, like...

considering
other people's viewpoints

and, like, really just, like,

listen to my intuition,

my heart, and, like,
what that's telling me.

[Sidra] She went back
to their apartment.

And he went back
to his mother

in Alpharetta.

A self-entitled boy goes
running back to his mom.

It caught me off guard.

Nothing about
their relationship

at any point seemed

violent or a*usive

or "you shouldn't
be with him."

It kind of felt like
she was failing at life.

[Olivia] I told her,
"You're winning

because you're not staying."

She got to rebuild herself

after being broken.

And that was
the most beautiful thing
to watch.

[Hira] Sania had turned
to her online community

and shared the realities

of what she was going through.

A lot of people connected
with her.

In the Western culture,
it's quite normalized

to talk about your own issues.

But in Pakistani culture,
it's not.

So for Sania to break
these barriers and say,

"No, I am going
to speak on this

because there are other women
who go through this"

was quite incredible.

There's a video that she made
that went viral

where she's clearly
visibly upset,

talking about how isolating
it was for her.

That's the video
that I first saw

about Sania online.

I didn't know Sania
as a person,

but I have family members,

women who are going through
exactly what she went through.

And it just broke my heart.

Sania was
a pretty funny person.

She was quite cheeky.

But her responses were always

very positive
and very supportive.

[Mehru] She was rediscovering
who she was.

She said, "Girl, my DMs are
filled with people

and I can't believe
I'm making a difference.

It's great.

I want to talk more about it."

[Divya] I'm not surprised
that it kicked off.

I love this TikTok of hers.

Probably one of my favorites.

I know she looked
like a badass

and it looked amazing.
[chuckles]

Her message was

"No matter what religion
you come from,

you're a woman
and you're beautiful

and you can achieve anything

that you set your mind to."

Social media was
like her virtual diary.

She wanted to be vulnerable

so that a few months later,
she can be like,

"I am totally better off."

[Hira] But going viral online
is a double-edged sword.

She faced a lot of harassment

and a lot of bullying

from all over.

Just because she decided

to openly talk
about her experience.

[Olivia] A lot of people
within the culture were

shunning her and...

this was the time
where she started

to get death threats.

♪ I just wanna break off
A little piece♪

-♪ Huh ♪
-[TikTok chime]

[Hira] So being
a female Muslim influencer

can get pretty scary at times,

especially when you talk
about taboo subjects.

Sania was talking
about her divorce.

Her family was upset.

The South Asian community
was upset.

The Muslim community
was upset.

[Mehru] She didn't
focus on that.

She was like, "Girl, I'm gonna
delete, block and move on."

[Olivia] She brushed them off.

You don't really think
someone's gonna, like,

lash out like that

for just something as silly
as something you post online.

[Divya] Mom finding
these TikToks, saying,

like, "what are you doing?

This is bringing
so much shame on us."

[Hira] This video
really hurts.

I don't understand

why, in our community,

when women act a certain way,

dress a certain way,

why the reaction is always

that "We're going
to k*ll ourselves

or we're going to k*ll you."

[Grant] As long as
she's been on social media,

there's been people making
negative comments about her.

But that didn't stop her.

And that's

one of the bravest things
about her.

Sania knew how powerful
her social media account was.

It was her moneymaker.

And she would say it
often to me. She was like,

"I don't know
how I'm going to pay my rent,

so I'm just going
to get on here.

I'm going to post every day."
And she did.

And it worked.

I met Sania at a tea shop

in Chattanooga, early 2019.

We just instantly hit it off.

She didn't live in Chattanooga
at the time.

So we kept tabs
on one another.

It wasn't until after Raheel,

early 2022,
that we really, like,

fell in love with each other.

Soulmate, soul sister,
everything.

Best friend, twin flame,

whatever you want
to call all that.

She was defining herself

as a new way to be
within her culture.

But to still hold on
to the things

that mattered with it.

I did it!

[Gabriella] She got
the Roman numerals 28.

It was her year of waking up.

Twenty-eight was
also the floor she lived on

in her apartment building.

[inaudible]

She was excited.
She was excited to date.

She was excited
to fall in love again.

She didn't really tell me
she was, like,

thinking of reconnecting him.

It was more of a she told me
after the fact of, like,

"Oh, I didn't tell you."

So this is just
a lot of my speculation.

I mean, it goes back

to the two different
identities she had

between her Pakistani side
and her American teenage side.

And that was such a...

strong, significant
relationship for her.

It made sense for her
to find comfort...

in him.

We were like, "Absolutely,
we have to live together."

I found us a house
in Chattanooga.

And it was happening.

We were so, so excited.

So excited about it.

Yeah.

I was just ready
to go get her.

Sania bought my plane ticket

to meet her in Chicago,

pack,

drive back and have
a little adventure.

I landed.

And I asked her,

"What train do I need
to get on?"

And I hadn't heard from her.

So that worried me
a little bit.

Uh, I still--
I called her a lot.

[line trilling]

[line trilling]

I received a phone call
on Instagram.

They did not know me.

They just knew that...

Sania was supposed
to see me today.

They sounded
really freaked out

because someone had sent them

a message on Instagram.

[Gabriella] At this point,
I'm alarmed.

It feels really surreal.

[line trilling]

[Gabriella] Two, three minutes
later, her dad called me.

I'd never seen her family.

Um, I'd never talked to them.

He said something to me

like, "She's gone."

In my mind,

I already knew what happened.

At this point,
I'm like freaking out.

I'm trying
to hold myself together.

[line trilling]

[Gabriella] A minute
or two later,

her mom called me.

And she was hysterical.

And her brother took the phone
from her mom and...

basically calmly told me
what happened.

I just kept saying
to myself, like,

[voice trembling]
"This can't be real.
This can't be real.

It can't be real."

July 18th...

[Hira] At 4:30 p.m.,

police were called
to Sania's apartment.

Upon arrival, they heard
a g*nsh*t.

[g*nsh*t]

They broke in

and found
Sania's body unresponsive.

They then found another body

with a g*nsh*t wound
to the head.

It was Raheel.

[Grant] One of her friends
sends me a message.

And I ask,

"Is Sania all right?"

She says...

"No".

And then I ask her,

"Is Sania alive?"

She says, "No".

Raheel shot her
and then shot himself.

[Sidra] I wake up.

I look at my text messages.

I was in reaction mode.

I still think,
to a certain degree, I am.

Immediately, I was angry.

And I just fell on the floor

and I just could not
control myself.

[voice trembling] It was
the absolute worst feeling.

[crying] The part that hurt
the most was just

knowing how excited she was

for this new chapter.

She had just overcome
so much in that year.

And the way that

that [bleep] just took
her life like that.

Like this, she was gone.

Even when I was coming
to talk to you today,

I was like, "Oh, we're going
to talk about Sania."

And in my head,
she's very much here.

She's very much...

in Chicago.

Yeah.

He knew when I was coming.

That's the part of it
that really...

really bothers me a lot.

He took his opportunity
to take her away

when he could.

[Hira] Let's rewind
to what actually happened

on that day.

Raheel drove over 700 miles

from Georgia to Chicago
to the apartment

that he once shared
with Sania.

It's been six months
since their separation

and he was banned
from the apartment.

But he reached out
to a real estate agent

and asked for a tour

of another apartment
in the building.

After the tour, he told
the real estate agent

that he was going to visit
a friend.

And at 11:00 a.m.,
he knocked on Sania's door.

What happened after that
is just speculation.

What is believed
to have happened

is Raheel told her that

he had her wedding dress
in a garment bag.

Sania opened the door

and Raheel immediately
shot her.

[g*nsh*t]

Police were called
to Sania's apartment

for a welfare check

that was done
by Raheel's family

as he had been gone
for a day and a night.

They reported him as missing.

Once the police arrived
to the apartment,

they heard a second g*nsh*t--

-[g*nsh*t]
-[Hira] ...and they broke in.

Once they were
in the apartment,

they found Sania unresponsive

and declared her dead
on the scene.

Shortly after,
they found Raheel

with a g*nsh*t wound
to the head

and transported him
to the hospital.

Upon arrival,
he was also declared dead.

The medical examiner reported

Sania's death as a homicide

and her estranged husband
Raheel's death as a suicide.

[Mehru] She separated
from the person

that was trying to hurt her.

She was physically moving
to another location.

She changed her locks.

She did everything right

and still...

lost her life.

"I told her
I couldn't live without her

and had the g*n pointed
to my head,

but she tried to take it
away from me

and it went off."

The suicide note was
a complete fake.

"I can't live with myself

knowing me being here
caused this accident.

I am so sorry."

No accountability.

[Grant] Whatever mental break
he had

fueled by failing at school,

failure at marriage,

his humiliation led him to do
what he did.

Take it out on the two people
he can blame, her and himself.

[Olivia] I think
the pressure from school,

the pressure from the divorce,

the pressure from his family,

it all got to him
and that's why he did it.

[Gabriella] I don't believe
he could stand

the thought of her having

this incredible life
she was certainly

and absolutely going to have
without him.

"If I can't have you,
no one will."

[Hira] Here, yet again,

we have a South Asian woman
going through domestic abuse,

who has now been m*rder*d
by her estranged husband,

and yet the community is
absolutely silent.

Time and time again,
in our communities,

we talk about how women need
to be complicit

to the abuse that they face.

So myself and some other
social media influencers

that I know from our community

spoke up about this.

In our society, women are
seen as commodities

for our labor and
our childbearing capabilities.

We're not seen
as human beings at all.

[Hira] The community response
was quite interesting.

On one hand, you had
a lot of people,

men mostly,

trying to justify
what Raheel did.

[Hira] Some people were
blaming her m*rder on her.

Mental health is
a serious issue

in a lot of communities,

but that is not an excuse
for bad behavior

and it's definitely not
an excuse to m*rder somebody.

Because lots of folks have
mental health issues

but lots of folks don't
go around murdering people.

[Hira] And on the other hand,
you had

a lot
of South Asian women talking

about the realities
of domestic violence,

the realities of divorce

and the realities
of the pressures

that women go through
in these situations.

Her platform was one
of positivity and hope

and she made
a lot of women feel
safe, seen and heard.

[Mehru] We need
to let our women know

that their safety

is above pride,
is above religion,

is above
"what will people say."

[Grant] All of
her closest friends

came to this idea

of getting
the exact same tattoo

in the exact same spot

for the exact same reason.

Twenty-eight is the year
Sania's life changed.

[inaudible]

[Olivia] She never wanted
to forget it

because she overcame it.

I did it!

It's so good.

I love it.

Aww. I'm so happy.

I just had to mark my body

with her memory.
I have to.

[Divya] So I actually
had it put

into my wedding henna.

Same spot as her in honor.

[Mehru] It's very special

because it means that

she's always with me.

[Gabriella quivering]
She's still here with me.

I keep her here.

Not too tightly though

because I really want her
to be where she is,

wherever she is.
[sniffles]

[melancholy music playing]

♪♪

♪♪

She had a purpose
and that was to help people,

but as an influencer,
there will be people who

hate you for no reason.

[ding]

When the hate steps out of
cyberspace into the real world

Hey, Bianca?

it just becomes

♪♪