Ghaziabad triple suicide: Girls were depressed because their father had snatched their phones
Ghaziabad (UP) (PTI): Investigation into the suicide of three minor sisters in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad has revealed that they were depressed because their father had snatched their phones after observing that they were obsessed with the Korean culture, police said.
Due to this, the girls could not play online games and talk to their Korean friends, the police said, adding that their father later sold the phones.
On the night of the incident, they took their mother's phone, but could not access the Korean app on that device. The forensic team, which reached the spot and seized the mobile phone, could not find any access of the Korean app.
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The fingerprints, including the handwritten suicide note and the messages, have been sent to the forensic science laboratory, the report of which is still awaited, DCP (Trans Hindon) Nimish Patil told PTI on Saturday.
In 2015, the father Chetan Kumar's live-in partner died under suspicious circumstances after falling from the roof of a flat at Rajendra Nagar Colony in the Sahibabad police station area. Later, the police dismissed the case, treating the death as a suicide, Patil told PTI.
Interrogation has confirmed that currently, Kumar has three wives - Sujata (Nishika's mother), Heena (Prachi and Pakhi's mother) and Tina. All three wives are biological sisters.
All three sisters were more attached to their father instead of mothers. That is why they addressed their father in the suicide note, and nowhere they mentioned their mother's name.
Cyber crime teams are trying to trace the buyers who purchased the mobile phones through the IMEI numbers so that data of Korean apps could be relieved, DCP Patil said, and added that the police are probing the case from various angles and waiting to get the report of forensic science laboratory.
Nishika (16), Prachi (14) and Pakhi (12) jumped to their deaths from the ninth floor of their residential tower in Bharat City Society under the Trans-Hindon police station jurisdiction earlier this week.
The police have maintained that the case is being treated as a suicide, and the probe is focused on verifying the father's claims regarding alleged online gaming obsession and examining all related aspects, including family circumstances.
Preliminary findings, which include a nine-page pocket diary recovered from the room of the sisters on Thursday, point to an intense attachment to the Korean culture and alleged family discord.
Patil said one mobile phone was purchased by Kumar for Nishika about three months ago, and another for Prachi around 15 days ago.
The three sisters were cremated at Delhi's Nigam Bodh Ghat on Wednesday evening.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)
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Siddaramaiah will be CM until Cong high command decides otherwise: Parameshwara
Mysuru (PTI): Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Saturday said Siddaramaiah will be the chief minister of the state, until the Congress high command decides otherwise.
He said, according to him the high command has not decided anything on CM change till now.
The senior leader from the Dalit community, also played down the demand from some sections that he should be made the CM, by stating that it is up to the high command to decide.
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Responding to a question while speaking to reporters, he said, "The high command is watching everything, and when they feel there is a need, they will decide. They may be of the opinion that there is no such situation now, hence they have not said anything so far on the issue".
Asked whether Siddaramaiah will be the CM for a full five-year term, he said, "Who made Siddaramaiah the CM? It is the high command, and until the high command says that Siddaramaiah will remain in the post".
"As far as I know, the high command has not decided anything on CM change till now," Parameshwara said, adding that he is also not aware of any such agreement regarding rotational CM, after the 2023 Assembly polls.
"Siddaramaiah was declared as the CM, following the election to choose the leader of the Congress Legislature Party, after the Assembly polls. There was no proposal on any change mid-term. Accordingly, Siddaramaiah is the CM and is preparing for the state budget, which he will present next month," he further said.
These comments have come amid the power struggle between CM Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D K Shivakumar over the top post once again coming to the fore, with the former's son Yathindra insisting that his father will complete his five year team, with the party high command having given signal in this regard.
The leadership tussle within the ruling party has intensified amid speculation about a possible change of chief minister after the Congress government completed the halfway mark of its five-year term on November 20, 2025.
The speculation has been fuelled by the reported "power-sharing" arrangement between Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar at the time of the government formation in 2023.
Responding to a question on Yathindra's statement, Parameshwara said, he might have made the statement based on the information he has.
"Ultimately, whatever the high command decides is final, what I or someone else says doesn't matter. Depending on the situation, if there is need, the high command will tell their decision," he said.
Ruling out any confusion within the ruling party on the leadership issue, he further said, "there was a Congress Legislature Party meeting recently, if there was any confusion, the issue would have been raised, and the question would have been asked to the CM and Deputy CM."
Asked about the demand for the cabinet reshuffle, he said it is left to the discretion of the CM, and after discussion with the high command, he will decide if there is a need to carry out the exercise.
