Influencer's death: Mother lodges report against three individuals

The mother of social media influencer A Rajeswary Appahu, 30, better known as Esha, lodged a police report over alleged online threats through TikTok against her late daughter involving three individuals, including a former police officer.

Gombak police chief Noor Ariffin Mohamad Nasir confirmed P R Puspa, 56, made the report at the Selayang police station at 6.34pm yesterday.

“The report has been transferred to the Setapak police station because the incident happened at PPR (People’s Housing Programme) Gombak Setia, which is under the administration of Setapak police station, Wangsa Maju district police headquarters,” he told Bernama yesterday.

At 6pm yesterday, Puspa accompanied by her son-in-law appeared at the Gombak police headquarters to lodge a report regarding the allegations involved before recording her statement.

Puspa, when met by reporters in front of the police headquarters, said that during this week, her other children informed her of videos and live broadcasts uploaded by the three individuals gossiping about the late Esha.

“One of them (of the three) is a woman, a former police officer who disputed Esha’s claims regarding her arrest previously,” she said.

Bernama reported earlier that Esha was found dead from an apparent suicide in a residential unit in a condominium in Setapak last Friday (July 5), a day after she made a police report at the Dang Wangi police headquarters regarding the online threats she encountered.

The report was then referred to the Sentul police headquarters for investigation.

- Bernama

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