TikTok star climbs at 10th floor of hotel to end his life, rescued

New Delhi: A 31-year-old TikTok star climbed to the terrace of a west Delhi hotel with the idea of ending his life but was finally persuaded not to do so after 17 hours of negotiations that carried on through the night, police said on Monday.

Sandeep alias Arman Malik first climbed the sixth floor of the hotel in Hari Nagar.

He later climbed up to the terrace of the building and threatened to commit suicide, police said.

The police said that Malik tried to commit suicide after having an altercation with his second wife.

According to reports, Malik uploaded three videos into the video-sharing platform TikTok, threatening to commit suicide. Malik is very popular on TikTok and has about 50 lakh followers.

The fire department said they received a call about the incident at around 4 pm on Sunday after which three vehicles carrying ladders were rushed to the spot. Malik was finally rescued at around 8.45 am on Monday, the fire official said.

He had checked into the hotel at 1.30 pm on Sunday with his wife Kritika Basera. She is his second wife and their marriage had taken place a year ago in the same hotel, the police said.

The couple had come to Delhi from Ahmedabad.