Ghaziabad triple suicide: Fourth 'enemy' sister, unusually swift cremations - Why cops are leaving no detail unchecked

• Three sisters died by suicide in Ghaziabad, leaving behind a revealing diary
• Diary details obsession with Korean culture and conflict with parents
• Police investigating family finances and influence of a "Korean love game"

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The nine-page pocket diary, a small repository of youthful passions and profound despair, begins with a declaration: “We love Korean. Love, love, love.” It ends with an apology: “Sorry Papa.”

This handwritten narrative, recovered by police from a bedroom in Ghaziabad’s Bharat City Society, has become the central, haunting document in the investigation into the deaths of three sisters. Nishika, 16, Prachi, 14, and Pakhi, 12, died in the early hours of Wednesday after allegedly jumping from the ninth-floor balcony of their family flat. Post-mortem reports confirmed head injuries as the cause of death.

The diary, described by its authors as a “true life story,” paints a picture of a cloistered world where an intense fixation on Korean culture — its language, music, films and actors — clashed violently with domestic reality. It alleges repeated parental opposition to their interests, culminating in a tragic final act.

“You tried to make us give up Korean. Korean was our life… You expected our marriage to an Indian, that can never happen,” the diary states. It further accuses the parents of physical punishment, concluding, “Death is better for us than your beatings. That is why we are committing suicide.”

The incident occurred around 2.15 am, when the sound of the impact awoke residents. The sisters had locked their room from the inside before jumping from the balcony window one by one, according to police accounts. By the time family members forced entry, it was too late. They were pronounced dead at a hospital in Loni.

The diary reveals an obsession that extended beyond Korean culture to a broad spectrum of international media, including Thai, Chinese and Japanese films and music, Hollywood, English songs and cartoons. It also lists several survival-themed video games.

Crucially, the note describes a divisive family dynamic centred on a younger sister, referred to as “Devu.” The sisters wrote of their failed attempt to share their Korean passion with her, alleging their parents introduced her to Bollywood instead — something they claimed to “hate more than our lives.”

This led them to declare Devu their “enemy” and separate from her. “We separated Devu from ourselves and told her that we are Korean and K-Pop and you are Indian and Bollywood," the note read.

A disturbing detail uncovered by police points to the girls’ involvement with a “Korean love game” called ‘We are not Indians’ during the Covid-19 pandemic. Investigators believe this task-based game may have culminated in a final instruction to die by suicide. The sisters had also adopted Korean names for themselves.

Adding a layer of complexity to the investigation, police are also examining the family’s financial condition. An office-bearer of the residential society, speaking anonymously, claimed the girls’ father was under severe stress after alleged stock market losses exceeding Rs 2 crore. This strain reportedly sparked frequent domestic clashes, with one resident alleging a mobile phone was once sold to pay an electricity bill.

Police have reportedly confirmed the financial angle is part of the inquiry. Meanwhile, Ghaziabad’s Additional Commissioner of Police Atul Kumar Singh reportedly noted the unusually swift cremation of the girls’ bodies at Delhi’s Nigam Bodh Ghat on Wednesday evening, suggesting it may have been due to the family’s “personal reasons.” Police officials confirmed the diary’s seizure and its critical role in the ongoing probe.