The Tik Tok craze has taken over the youth in an unprecedented manner, and a case in Mumbai took it ahead even further.

A 14-year-old girl in the city left her home and wrote an emotional letter to her parents, vowing to never come back. The girl also mentioned in her letter that she had not fled home for a man, but to become self-sufficient, reported Dainik Jagran.

The panicked parents lodged a complaint with the police, who caught the girl within eight hours, only to find out that she had fled home to meet a 16-year-old Tik Tok star Riaz Afreen, who lives in Nepal.

The teenager in her letter wrote, 'Mummy, I am leaving the house. I am very unhappy with Baba (father). Do not think too much about me. And swear by God that you will not commit suicide for this reason. If you are thinking that I have left the house to settle with a boy, then, you are wrong. I'm not going with any boy.

Soon after the police found the girl, it was learned that she was disgruntled with her father, who she claimed never allowed her to interact with boys. She also said that she was once shouted at by her father for talking to one of her male friends, and hence she wanted to leave home to avoid such restrictions imposed on her by her father.

What further helped the police find the girl was her friend's tip-off about her being an admirer of the Tik Tok star, and that she had plans of fleeing to Nepal to meet him.

The Tik Tok trend has become a reason for concern for many, especially parents. In the US, the app has been accused of collecting personal data from users under the age of 13 without parental consent. "Every other person has a mobile phone today. In the recent past, the Blue Whale challenge, Kiki car challenge and now TikTok has become an entertainment tool for the youth and schoolchildren. In order to attain instant fame and validation from peers with likes and shares, they end up making viral videos on social media," said Dr. Rajeev Mehta, Vice Chairman of the psychiatry department at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.

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