TikTok Influencer Denies Showing ‘Acid Attack’ As Video Draws Flak

The video promotes revenge on a woman, and depicts what appears to be an acid attack.

A month-old video by Mumbai-based TikTok influencer Faizal Siddiqui has found itself in the middle of an online outrage for showcasing a man attacking a woman for ending her relationship with him, and promoting revenge on a woman.

Rekha Sharma, chairman of the National Commission for Women (NCW), on Monday, 18 May, tweeted that the body has taken cognisance of the viral video for allegedly promoting acid attack.

Mumbai-based Siddiqui reportedly has over 13.4 million followers on TikTok.

A nine-second clip on the social media platform went viral, in which he is seen saying: “Did the man you left me for abandon you?” following which he goes on to allegedly depict an acid attack, users on Twitter claimed.

Disclaimer: The following video is disturbing, viewer discretion advised.

This is Faizal Siddiqui, brother of Amir Siddiqui. Promoting acid attack through his Tik Tok account and they call themselves as Social Media influencer! this cringe activity is not called influencing but promoting crime. They are such a curse!! #BanTiktok pic.twitter.com/XY2g3kRQN9

— Kolkata_Chhori (@Kolkata_Chhori) May 18, 2020