A TikTok influencer and her mother are among five people charged with murder after two men were killed in a crash on a dual carriageway in Leicestershire.
Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin, known as Hashim, and Saqib Hussain had been travelling on the A46 at around 1:30am on Friday in a silver Skoda Fabia when it left the carriageway and smashed through a central reservation.
Two other cars, a grey Audi TT and a blue Seat Leon, were spotted near the scene at the time with all three vehicles travelling at speed before the collision.
The two men were pronounced dead at the scene, Leicestershire Police said, with one car believed to have burst into flames.
TikTok influencer Mahek Bukhari, 22, and her mother Ansreen Bukhari, 45, from Stoke-on-Trent, have been charged with murder over the crash, alongside Natasha Akhtar, 21, from Birmingham.
Raees Jamal, 21, and Rekan Karwan, 28, from Leicester, have also both been charged with murder.
The mother and daughter appeared in the dock at Leicester Magistrates Court this morning, though Akhtar opted to stay in the cells. The men charged are due to appear at Leicester Magistrates Court tomorrow.
The younger Bukhari has more than 120,000 followers on TikTok and another 43,000 on Instagram, where she poses in a variety of outfits and films make-up tutorials.
Many of her posts show her modelling outfits in adverts for popular brands.
Influencer Mahek Bukhari, 22, has been charged with murder, alongside her mother Ansreen and another woman
Ansreen Bukhari, 45. Police were called to the scene at around 1.30am on Friday after one car had crashed through the central reservation
The men, named Hashim and Saqib, had been travelling on the A46 at around 1:30am on Friday in a silver Skoda Fabia when it left the carriageway and crashed. They were pronounced dead at the scene
Influencer Mahek Bukhari, 22, and her mother Ansreen Bukhari, 45, from Stoke-on-Trent, have been charged with murder over the crash
Three women have been charged with murder after two men were pronounced dead at the scene of a crash in Leicestershire
The younger Bukhari has over 120,000 followers on TikTok and another 43,000 on Instagram, where she poses in a variety of outfits and films make-up tutorials
She has amassed 3.2 million likes, and a further 3,750 followers on YouTube where she documents her travels and make-up tips under the name May B Vlogs.
Last September she put up a video alongside her mother entitled, ‘Having an elite relationship with your mother’.
She described her Mum as being a best friend, sister and mother all rolled into one.
Ansreen Bukhari is the managing director of a security firm called City Security Plus based in Stoke-on-Trent.
All three charged women will appear at Leicester Crown Court for a bail hearing tomorrow.
Officers have also arrested two men from Leicester, aged 21 and 27, on suspicion of murder. The men are currently in police custody, the force confirmed in a statement last night.
A JustGiving page has been set-up in memory of the two men, with an Islamic charity raising funds to build a mosque in their name.
Leicestershire Police said initial inquiries found that two other cars were reported to have been travelling in the area at the time of the collision – a grey Audi TT and a blue Seat Leon.
Mahek Bukhari, known on social media as maybvlogs, is a popular TikTok and Instagram influencer
Ansreen and the other two women are due to appear at Leicester Magistrates’ Court today
The mother and daughter appeared in the dock at Leicester Magistrates Court this morning, though Akhtar opted to stay in the cells
Ansreen Bukhari will appear at Leicester Crown Court for a bail hearing tomorrow, alongside her daughter and the third woman
Cops were called to the scene at around 1.30am on Friday after one car had crashed through the central reservation. One vehicle is also believed to have burst into flames
A 20-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of murder on Friday has since been released from police custody.
He is to face no further police action, the force statement added.
Cops were called to the scene at around 1.30am on Friday after one car had crashed through the central reservation.
One vehicle is also believed to have burst into flames.
Detective Chief Inspector Tony Yarwood from East Midlands Special Operations Unit said: ‘Anyone who was travelling in the area in the early hours and has any dashcam footage, we are urging you to come forward.
‘We are working to piece together the movements of all the cars involved and any footage of them will help our investigation.’
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