Triple suicide: Ghaziabad girls’ diary highlights family stress, Korean influence
A diary recovered from three minor sisters who died by suicide in Ghaziabad reveals their deep attachment to Korean culture and distress over family conflicts. Police are probing claims about a task-based app and examining financial stress at home
Ghaziabad (UP): A nine-page pocket diary recovered from the room of three minor sisters who died by suicide in Ghaziabad has offered a glimpse into their inner world, marked by intense attachment to Korean culture and anguish over family strife, police said on Thursday.
Police probing the triple suicide case in Bharat City Society said initial investigations have not revealed the use of any Korean task-based app by the girls. Officials added that if such usage is confirmed, they will write to the concerned department seeking a ban.
After the sisters — Nishika (16), Prachi (14) and Pakhi (12) — jumped to their deaths from the ninth floor, their father Chetan Kumar claimed they had been playing a Korean game for close to three years and had not attended school during that period.
After post-mortem examinations, their bodies were cremated at Delhi’s Nigam Bodh Ghat on the banks of the Yamuna on Wednesday evening. The last rites were performed by their father, Additional Commissioner of Police (Shalimar Garden) Atul Kumar Singh told PTI.
“It is not known why the girls were cremated on Wednesday night. It may be due to personal reasons,” the ACP said, adding that the autopsy confirmed the deaths were caused by head injuries.
According to police, the diary contains repeated references to the girls’ love for Korea and what they described as their family’s attempts to make them abandon it.
“We love Korean. Love, love, love,” the diary states, calling itself a “true life story” and urging readers to believe what is written in it.
The note alleges that their parents opposed their interests and future choices, including marriage. “You tried to make us give up Korean. Korean was our life… You expected our marriage to an Indian, that can never happen,” it says.
It also mentions physical punishment and ends with an apology to their father. “Death is better for us than your beatings. That is why we are committing suicide… Sorry Papa.”
“The pocket diary has been taken into custody and the matter is being investigated,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Trans-Hindon) Nimish Patil said. “We are examining the circumstances in which the diary was written and all related aspects.”
On condition of anonymity, an office-bearer of the residents’ body said the girls’ father had been under severe financial stress after incurring heavy stock market losses.
He allegedly lost over Rs 2 crore and at one point sold a mobile phone to pay the electricity bill, the person said, adding that financial strain had led to frequent domestic clashes.
DCP Patil said police are also examining the family’s financial situation as part of the probe.
While treating it as a suicide case, Patil said the investigation would focus on verifying whether the girls were using a task-based app, as claimed by their father, and whether it contributed to the incident.
“At present, we have no evidence to confirm the use of any such app,” he said, adding that information would be sought from the parents.