3 sisters 'obsessed' with Korean online game die in India after jumping from 9th floor
He said the police would analyse the girls' mobile phones and seek details about the game they were obsessed with.
Three minor sisters, allegedly obsessed with a Korean online game called "Love game", died after jumping from the balcony of a ninth-floor apartment in a high-rise residential building in Ghaziabad town on the outskirts of Delhi today (4 February), a senior official said.
Assistant Commissioner of Delhi Police (Shalimar Garden) Atul Kumar Singh said preliminary investigation has revealed that the sisters, aged 16, 14 and 12, were allegedly addicted to "Love game", an online task-based interactive game, and their parents had been objecting to their excessive gaming.
The police received information at around 2:15am that three girls had jumped from the balcony of a ninth-floor flat in a tower of Bharat City located under the Teela Mor police station limits in the Sahibabad area, the ACP said.
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Singh said all three sisters were with their mothers. After some time, they went to the puja room and locked it from inside. Thereafter, they used a chair to jump out of the window one by one. They all died on the spot.
The guards and locals on the ground floor woke up hearing the loud noise of girls falling. Police were informed, and bodies were sent for autopsy," said the assistant police commissioner.
He said the police would analyse the girls' mobile phones and seek details about the game they were obsessed with. "The girls left behind a lot of notes in a diary and stated that they were sorry, and also made a crying caricature. They were highly obsessed with the game and thought that they were not Indians, but Koreans. They also portrayed themselves as Korean princesses under the influence of the game," said Singh.
"It is an online task-based game that they were addicted to. They were not attentive to their studies... the 16-year-old was still studying in class 4. This situation developed after the Covid-19 pandemic...they got addicted to online gaming," he added.
Police said that their family knew about their addiction and would snatch their mobiles. "The girls would get them back. They followed a daily life routine together; even went to the bathroom together. Their diary left behind has a lot of details about their lifestyle and their obsession with the task-based game," said Singh.
