Sania Khan, the TikToker and photographer, was reportedly murdered last week in her apartment.

As noted in NY Post, her former husband, Raheel Ahmad was the perpetrator (shooter) of her death. He also made the 11-hour drive from his home in Georgia to Khan’s Chicago apartment. And he allegedly came there to kill her.

After his family noticed his disappearance from his home, they thought he might have gone to Khan’s apartment, and their guess was correct.

After divorcing her husband, living independently, and working as a photographer, she revealed via her TikTok that she was finally reclaiming her autonomy.

After her murder case got made public, many South Asian women wrote about how they could relate to the incident of Sania. And this has also raised a wake-up call in the South Asia community.

Some also shared that the South Asian males could not digest that their wives had not only left them but could survive and be happy and do well without them.

Other South Asian women also expressed that they have experienced the same stigmas and isolation when trying to leave abusive partners.

Just last month, Sania shared about how going through a divorce as a South Asian woman sometimes feels like you failed at life. And that’s not all; the way the community labels you, the lack of support, and the pressure to stay with someone make you feel like you are a failure and wrong sometimes.

She even wrote that her family pressured her to maintain an intact relationship with her husband. And if she refused, sometimes they even retorted and threatened her with suicide.

In her TikTok video, we could see her happy and glow-up face after she split from her husband and led a single life. In one of her posts, she wrote that she has never been happier after living with his ex.

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