NEW DELHI: Police in Ghaziabad are investigating the deaths of three minor sisters who jumped from the ninth floor of their apartment building, as new details emerge about family distress, financial strain and deep emotional turmoil revealed in a diary recovered from the flat.The girls, aged 16, 14 and 12, died after falling from a bedroom window of their ninth-floor flat in Bharat City society in the early hours of Wednesday. Police said the incident occurred around 2am.A resident who witnessed the incident told police that the eldest girl fell first, followed within seconds by the two younger sisters. All three died on the spot.Investigators said the girls’ father, Chetan Kumar, had married twice and had five children — four daughters and a son. Both wives are sisters, according to news agency PTI, and the entire family lived together.As the probe intensified, police found that two of Chetan Kumar’s partners had walked out in May 2025. He had filed missing persons’ reports at the Teela Mod police station, officers said.While Kumar, described by police as a stock and forex trader, is believed to be deep in debt — reportedly affecting his ability to send the girls to school after the Covid pandemic — investigators also said he was facing marital difficulties.A diary recovered from the flat points to what police described as deep emotional distress and a final rupture within the family, particularly over their four-year-old younger sister, Devu, and disagreements over cultural choices.In the diary, the sisters listed 19 things they said their parents disapproved of. These included not only Korean dramas but also Chinese, Japanese, Thai, American and British music and actors, cartoon shows such as Shin-chan and Doraemon, and mobile games.“You don’t know how much we loved Korea, now see the proof. Now it’s confirmed here that Korean and K-pop groups are our life. The way we loved Korean actors and K-pop groups, we didn’t even love family members that much,” the sisters wrote.The diary also reflects tensions over Devu, whom the sisters said they wanted to make “our own”.Saying their parents had introduced her to other children, they wrote: “You made her Bollywood, which we hated more than life itself.”They added that when they tried to introduce Devu to what they described as their “Kpop and Korean relatives” — asking her to call them “Lino bhaiya” and “Kuina didi” — they were reprimanded.“Tina mummy came and said teach her some studies too, or will you make her Korean like yourself,” the diary reads.The sisters said this episode led them to decide they would separate Devu from their lives.The diary also contains references to physical violence, though it does not specify who was responsible.“Did we live in this world to get beaten by you… death would be better for us than beatings,” they wrote.Another entry makes a cryptic reference to marriage, which police said was inappropriate given the girls’ ages.“The mention of marriage caused tension in our hearts,” the diary states.Police said they are continuing to question family members and examine the diary and other evidence as part of the investigation.
