'Death Is Better': Ghaziabad Sisters' Diary Reveals Obsession With Korea, Anger Over Restrictions

Last Updated:February 05, 2026, 13:51 IST

Three sisters in Ghaziabad died after jumping from their ninth-floor home. A diary recovered by police has revealed fixation with Korean culture, distress over phone restrictions.

Ghaziabad sisters suicide case (Photos: Social Media)

Fresh details have emerged after a pocket diary was recovered from the room of the three minor sisters who jumped to death from the ninth floor of a high-rise in Ghaziabad.

The nine-page diary, believed to have been written by the eldest of the three siblings, has been taken into custody as part of the ongoing probe.

Investigators say the handwritten entries repeatedly express attachment to Korean culture, anguish over parental restrictions and fear of marriage, ending with apologies addressed to the girls’ father.

The sisters, aged 16, 14, and 12, jumped from the balcony of their ninth-floor apartment in Bharat City Society in the Teela Mod area in the early hours of Wednesday.

They were rushed to a nearby hospital but were declared dead on arrival.

Post-mortem examinations later confirmed that the cause of death was head injuries.

GHAZIABAD SISTERS’ SUICIDE: THE CONTENTS OF THE DIARY

GHAZIABAD SISTERS’ SUICIDE: WHAT POLICE SAY

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Trans-Hindon) Nimish Patil told PTI, “The pocket diary has been taken into custody, and the matter is being investigated."

“We are examining the circumstances in which the diary was written and all related aspects," Patil added.

Investigators are also looking into the family’s financial condition after a residents’ association office-bearer, speaking on the condition of anonymity, claimed the father had incurred heavy losses in the stock market and had once sold a mobile phone to pay an electricity bill.

DCP Patil confirmed that the financial situation is among the aspects being examined.

GHAZIABAD SISTERS’ SUICIDE: ONLINE GAME AND PHONE RESTRICTIONS

Police have linked the deaths to what they described as addiction to a Korean task-based interactive “love game".

According to officials, the three girls had not attended school for the past two to three years and had remained largely confined to their room.

Their father, Chetan Kumar, told police he was unaware that the game involved tasks.

“If I had known that such tasks existed, I would have stopped it. No father would ever allow his children to be part of it," he had said.

The father also said that his daughters had repeatedly expressed a desire to go to Korea and that their distress may have worsened after the family restricted mobile phone usage.

Assistant Commissioner of Police Atul Kumar Singh said, “Their parents had restricted their mobile phone usage for the past few days, which left them distressed. This may have triggered the decision."

POLICE RECONSTRUCT FINAL MOMENTS

Police said two of the sisters jumped together while holding each other’s hands, while the youngest fell moments later from another window.

Kumar told investigators that the family had been asleep at the time.

“My wife was sleeping in the inner room. The girls woke up on the pretext of drinking water, bolted the door from inside and jumped from the balcony," the father had said, adding that the girls threw their mobile phones outside the room before jumping.

The Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police told PTI that the case was being examined in detail and emphasised the need for cyber awareness.

EXPERTS WARN OF ONLINE ADDICTION RISKS

Meanwhile, mental health professionals quoted by PTI cautioned against excessive gaming and emotional immersion in online worlds.

“Forensic psychologist Deepti Puranik said adolescents associate themselves with their gamer identities and taking that away can lead to drastic results," the agency reported.

“Their entire psyche starts moving around their competency in that game rather than in real life. When you take that away, the identity as an individual collapses. They may experience complete emotional isolation that can lead to them taking extreme steps," she said.

Clinical psychologist Shweta Sharma linked children’s fascination with Korean content to emotional needs and family relationships, warning that young adolescents struggle to differentiate between “reel" and real life.

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