No school since Covid, 16-year-old remained in Class 4: Ghaziabad sisters stayed away from society play areas too

GHAZIABAD: The three sisters who died by suicide on Wednesday lived a childhood marked by deep isolation. The eldest, aged 16, was studying in Class 4, while her two half-sisters, aged 14 and 12, had also stayed away from school for years and were not homeschooled either.

The girls rarely stepped out to play and had little interaction with other children in their housing society. Instead, they spent most of their time confined to a room that doubled as their refuge. Writings on its walls offer a chilling glimpse into their emotional state: “I am very, very alone,” “My life is very very alone,” and “Make me a heart of broken.”

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Cut off from the outside world, the sisters appeared to create a parallel universe shaped by K-pop, Korean dramas and music. South Korea became their emotional escape, with the girls addressing each other by names borrowed from TV shows — Maria, Aliza and Cindy — and gradually shutting their parents out of this imagined world.

Investigators say parental disapproval of this obsession only deepened the rift. In a diary recovered from the room and reviewed by TOI, the sisters listed 19 things they felt their parents unfairly objected to — from Korean content to Chinese, Japanese, Thai, American and British music, cartoons like Shin-chan and Doraemon, and even mobile games.

“You don’t know how much we loved Korea. Now see the proof… Korean actors and K-pop groups were our life,” the sisters wrote, adding that they loved them more than family members.

The diary also reveals resentment over their youngest sister, Devu (4). The girls accused their parents of introducing her to Bollywood culture, something they “hated more than life itself,” and described an incident that prompted them to emotionally distance themselves from her.

There are disturbing references to physical punishment, though it remains unclear who administered it. “Did we live in this world to get beaten by you… death would be better for us than beatings,” one entry reads. Another cryptic note mentions marriage, an issue that caused “tension in our hearts” despite their young ages.

Police suspect the diary was written by the 14-year-old and have sent it for forensic examination.

Behind the children’s fantasy world, police say, was a household under severe strain. Their father, Chetan Kumar, a stock trader, is believed to have suffered heavy financial losses during Covid and accrued substantial debt, which may have forced the girls out of school. He was also facing marital turmoil — two of his partners had left home in May 2025, prompting missing person reports, before returning days later.

Investigations are ongoing to piece together how prolonged isolation, family stress and unmet emotional needs converged into tragedy.