Youth dies in attack by lioness released from cage for TikTok video in Lahore

According to a Sandesh report, a highly shocking incident has emerged from Lahore, Pakistan, where the passion for making TikTok videos claimed the life of a 19-year-old youth named Talha. Well-known Lahore-based TikToker Nauman Hassan had arrived at a farmhouse to shoot a video. For this shoot, he had asked for a lioness kept in a cage there to be brought out. As soon as the lioness came out, she suddenly became uncontrollable and attacked Talha fatally while the shooting was underway.

At the time of the incident, Talha's father and brother Hashim were also present, who worked at the same farmhouse. Talha, who was critically injured in the lioness attack, was immediately rushed to a private hospital for treatment, but he died during treatment. After the incident, the accused tried to suppress the matter and spread a false narrative that Talha's death was caused by a dog bite.

However, when the Kahna police initiated an investigation, the truth came out. Police investigation clarified that the wounds on the youth's body were due to the lioness attack. Based on the complaint of Talha's father, the police registered a case under the Wildlife Act and arrested a total of three individuals, including the farmhouse owner Faiyaz alias Faizi and TikToker Nauman Hassan. The investigation also revealed that the farmhouse's breeding license had expired in 2025, yet violent animals were being kept there illegally. The police have seized a total of 33 lions from the farmhouse and handed them over to the forest department.

TikToker Nauman Hassan has been in controversy before due to dangerous stunts with tigers and lions. In the year 2024, action was also taken against him for parading a tiger in public.