In a heartbreaking incident in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad, three minor sisters died after falling from the ninth floor of their apartment building in the early hours of Wednesday. The girls, aged 16, 14, and 12, were identified as Nishika (also referred to as Vishika), Prachi, and Pakhi.
According to police investigations reported , the father, Chetan Kumar, a stock trader, is burdened with a debt of approximately Rs 2 crore. Authorities have highlighted this severe financial strain as a major contributing factor to the family’s distress.
The girls lacked personal mobile phones, as their father had sold them to cover an electricity bill. They accessed content primarily through their parents’ devices, showing a strong fascination with Korean dramas and shows. Police have ruled out the involvement of any specific online “task-based” Korean game prompting suicide, contrary to the father’s initial claim that the children were influenced by such a game requiring extreme actions.
Instead, investigators note that the sisters frequently watched Korean content, which may have emotionally affected their impressionable minds. Tensions escalated recently when the father restricted their access to his phone and reportedly threatened to arrange their marriages. The family also faced challenges in resuming the girls’ schooling post-COVID due to financial difficulties.
Chetan Kumar has two wives—the second being the younger sister of the first—and five children in total, including a son from his first marriage who has a mental disability, adding further strain to the household. The family relocated to a two-bedroom flat in a high-rise complex in Ghaziabad about three years ago.
Eyewitness accounts describe chaos in the building around 2 am when loud thuds alerted residents. One neighbor reported seeing the girls on the balcony, with the eldest appearing to move toward the edge while the younger ones attempted to hold her back before all three fell.
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Upon entering the locked room by breaking the door, police discovered arranged family photos in a circle, poetic lines, movie dialogues, and an eight-page notebook containing a message urging parents to read it as “it is all true.” A mobile phone wallpaper featured the sisters with adopted Korean names.
While the precise trigger remains under scrutiny, police suggest a combination of factors—including financial hardship, restricted access to devices, and exposure to intense emotional media—likely contributed to the desperation that led to the tragedy. The incident draws parallels to past cases involving online challenges, though authorities emphasize the debt and domestic pressures as central elements.
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