3 sisters jump to death from Ghaziabad highrise; needle of suspicion points to online Korean game

GHAZIABAD (UP), Feb 4: Three sisters, the youngest just 12, allegedly addicted to an online Korean game that involved a series of tasks died after jumping off the balcony of their ninth floor home in the early hours of Wednesday.
Nishika, 16, Prachi, 14, and Pakhi left behind a chilling note that said, “Read everything written in this diary, it is all here”. It was accompanied by a crying face emoji and a handwritten message, “Sorry papa, I am really sorry.”
The diary was recovered from the girls’ belongings.
Police received information that three girls had jumped from the balcony of their home in Sahibabad area in Ghaziabad around 2.15 am. They were rushed in ambulance to a hospital in Loni close by where doctors declared them dead on arrival.
Though details were sketchy, DCP Nimish Patil said preliminary investigation revealed the girls were influenced by Korean content and spent a significant amount of time on their mobile phones. He said the girls’ education had been irregular and their academic performance was below par. “But it is evident that the girls were highly addicted to mobile phone usage,” he said.
“Their parents had restricted their mobile phone usage for the past few days, which left them distressed. This may have triggered the decision (to take the extreme step),” ACP (Shalimar Garden) Atul Kumar Singh said. (PTI)