The 16-year-old girl and her two half-sisters, aged 11 and 14, who allegedly died by suicide by jumping off a modified window of their ninth-floor flat in a Ghaziabad high-rise in the early hours of Wednesday, purportedly left behind a diary with a note suggesting their obsession with Korean culture.
The three allegedly died by suicide by jumping off a modified window of their ninth-floor flat in a Ghaziabad high-rise. (HT PHOTO)
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“We are Korean and K-Pop and you are India and Bollywood,” said the note. “We love Korean more than our family.”
HT has seen the contents of the eight-page note. A Ghaziabad police officer also confirmed them.
The note listed 19 things they “loved”, including “Korean, Thailand, American, London, and Japan-based actors and shows”. It said they loved “Dobby studio game, Evil Nun game, and Ice scream man”.
The note added that “Korean and K-pop are our life”. The girls purportedly wrote that they tried to influence their brother to be part of their world and taught him to like Korean culture. “We used to tell our brother that Leno and Kuina [Korean characters] are his brother and sisters but mother would come and tell us to not teach him that. We used to feel bad. We then decided to make our brother our enemy.”
Hemani Bhandari is a Special Correspondent with Hindustan Times in New Delhi, where she reports on crime, policing, governance and social issues. With over a decade of experience in journalism, she specialises in combining on-ground reporting with evidence-based storytelling to examine the human impact of public policy, law enforcement and urban governance. Over the years, she has reported extensively on major developments in the capital, including crime investigations, civic challenges, protests, and issues affecting vulnerable communities. As a Special Correspondent, she focuses on producing exclusive investigations, enterprise stories and long-form features that go beyond daily news cycles. She has a keen interest in using public records, official data and field reporting to uncover systemic issues and present complex subjects in an accessible manner. A graduate of the Asian College of Journalism, Hemani believes in rigorous, ethical and evidence-based reporting. She is passionate about investigative journalism and continuously seeks to expand her skills in data journalism, open-source investigations and digital reporting techniques.
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