Loud noise, and then screams, jolts neighbours

Residents of a high-rise society here were jolted awake around 2am on Wednesday by a thud followed by screams, only to discover three teenage sisters lying lifeless after a nine-floor fall, as their distraught parents argued in front of onlookers.

- Peeyush Khandelwal, Hemani Bhandari and Jignasa Sinha

One resident of an adjacent tower told HT that he witnessed the final moments of what police are treating as an apparent triple suicide. Arun Kumar, who lives on the 10th floor of Tower A4, said he was on his balcony, when he noticed unusual movement in a flat across from him. “There was light fog, and the visibility wasn’t very clear. I just saw figures near the window. I couldn’t even make out whether it was a man or a woman,” he said. “I didn’t understand what was happening.”

But the situation became clearer a few seconds later, he said. “I now realise it was three girls. One was sitting on the window ledge. Another was holding her, and the third was trying to pull both of them inside,” he said. “A few seconds later, all three fell together. There was a massive noise,” he recalled.