A 16-year-old woman and her two half-sisters, aged 14 and 12, died after allegedly leaping from the ninth flooring of a high-rise in Ghaziabad, police mentioned on Wednesday, and added that they have been “extremely addicted” to a web based Korean recreation and obsessive about gaming on their cell phones.
Police mentioned the three lived with their father, a foreign exchange dealer, and their moms. They added that the eldest was born to the dealer’s first spouse, whereas the youthful two have been born to the second spouse.
“Round 12.30am on Wednesday, all three have been with their moms. After a while, they went to the puja room and locked it from inside. Thereafter, they used a chair to leap out of the window one after the other. All of them died on the spot. The guards and locals on the bottom flooring awakened listening to the loud noise of women falling, and even their members of the family on the ninth flooring awakened. Police have been knowledgeable, and our bodies have been despatched for post-mortem,” mentioned assistant police commissioner Atul Kumar Singh.
Police mentioned they are going to analyse the women’ cell phones and search particulars in regards to the recreation they have been obsessive about. “The ladies left behind lots of notes in a diary and acknowledged that they have been sorry, and in addition made a crying caricature. They have been extremely obsessive about the sport and thought that they weren’t Indians, however Koreans. Additionally they portrayed themselves as Korean princesses beneath the affect of the sport,” mentioned Singh.
“It’s a web based task-based recreation that they have been hooked on. They weren’t attentive to their research… the 16-year-old was nonetheless finding out in school 4. This example developed after the Covid-19 pandemic…they obtained hooked on on-line gaming.”
Police mentioned that their household knew about their dependancy and would snatch their mobiles. “The ladies would get them again. They adopted a day by day life routine collectively; even went to the toilet collectively. Their diary left behind has lots of particulars about their way of life and their obsession with the task-based recreation,” mentioned Singh.
Discussing suicides will be triggering for some. Nevertheless, suicides are preventable. A couple of main suicide prevention helpline numbers in India are 011-23389090 from Sumaitri (Delhi-based) and 044-24640050 from Sneha Basis (Chennai-based).
