Three wives, 2015 suicide: New revelations on father of Ghaziabad girls who died by suicide

NEw inside information feature emerged in the felo-de-se caseful of triad minor sisters in Ghaziabad, who died due to alleged depression because the father had snatched their phones after obsession over Korean culture.The three sisters, aged 16, 14, and 11, lived with their father - a 42-year-old stock trader and his two wives, who are sisters. The minors died by suicide from the high-rise apartment in Ghaziabad on Wednesday.However, the investigation into the details of the father have revealed murkier details. The family structure, at least three investigators said, was convoluted. Interrogation has now confirmed that Kumar currently has three wives — Sujata, the mother of Nishika; Heena, the mother of Prachi and Pakhi; and Tina. All three wives are biological sisters, PTI reported.The father first married 18 years ago and, after struggling to conceive, married his wife’s younger sister 15 years ago. The eldest daughter was born to the first wife, while the two younger girls were born to the second.Also Read | Ghaziabad suicide: Debts deepened family’s isolation, financial stress began during pandemic, say copsThree wives, a live-in partner and more detailsNow, details have also emerged about Chetan’s live-in partner, who died under suspicious circumstances in 2015 after falling from the roof of a flat in Rajendra Nagar under the Sahibabad police station area, according to a report by news agency PTI.The challenges faced by the family began compounding from 2020, when the father encountered economic hardships following the pandemic.Investigators found that all three minor sisters who died by suicide were more attached to their father than to their mothers. This, they said, is why the sisters addressed their father in the suicide note and did not mention their mother’s name anywhere.Also Read | Ghaziabad suicide: Debts deepened family’s isolation, financial stress began during pandemic, say copsInvestigation is ongoingCyber crime teams are attempting to trace the buyers who purchased the mobile phones through their IMEI numbers so that data from Korean apps can be retrieved, DCP Patil said.He added that the police are probing the case from multiple angles and are awaiting the forensic science laboratory report.The police have maintained that the case is being treated as a suicide, with the probe focused on verifying the father’s claims regarding alleged online gaming obsession and examining all related aspects, including family circumstances.Preliminary findings, including a nine-page pocket diary recovered from the sisters’ room on Thursday, point to an intense attachment to Korean culture and alleged family discord.The three sisters were cremated at Delhi’s Nigam Bodh Ghat on Wednesday evening.