Chetan Kumar, the daddy of three sisters who allegedly jumped to their deaths from a high-rise residence in Ghaziabad, has shed extra gentle on the tragic case.
Talking on the incident, Kumar stated he beloved the three youngsters loads and he got here to know of the incident after his spouse realised that the three women had locked the door of the room from inside.
The three women, Nishika (16), Prachi (14) and Pakhi (12), had allegedly locked themselves within the room earlier than leaping out of the window one after one other.
“I used to pamper my kids loads…They might watch Korean dramas, Korean video games, and Korean reels. Their eyes had been swollen, which is why I snatched away their telephones. They had been indignant about it. Is snatching away your kid’s cellphone a sin? I snatched their telephones as a result of their eyes had swollen,” he stated, in a dialog with information company PTI.
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Police have stated there is no such thing as a indication of foul play and that preliminary findings recommend the ladies jumped one after one other. Officers are analyzing the daddy’s claims of their on-line gaming obsession alongside household circumstances and digital proof, with cyber crime groups attempting to hint the cellphones utilizing IMEI numbers to retrieve knowledge from Korean apps, officers stated.
A fancy household dynamic
Investigators have uncovered a sophisticated household construction, confirming that Kumar has three wives, particularly Sujata, Heena and Tina, who’re organic sisters. The eldest woman was born to Sujata, whereas the 2 youthful sisters had been born to Heena, as per PTI.
Officers stated the household had been beneath monetary pressure for the reason that Covid-19 pandemic, with money owed deepening their isolation. Investigators additionally famous that the sisters had been extra emotionally hooked up to their father than their moms, which is why a suicide word and diary recovered from their room addressed solely him.
A nine-page pocket diary discovered on the scene factors to intense attachment to Korean tradition, loneliness and misery inside the family. The case has additionally revived scrutiny of Kumar’s previous, after police revealed {that a} former live-in companion died in 2015 in a case then handled as suicide, as per an earlier report by HT.com.
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Grandfather calls for ban on Korean recreation
In the meantime, the ladies’ maternal grandfather has urged the federal government to ban Korean task-based video games, saying such apps are pushing kids in direction of excessive steps. Protests have since erupted in elements of Delhi demanding stricter controls on on-line gaming for minors.
“I fold my fingers earlier than the federal government and request that the sport be banned, in order that no extra such deaths or suicides occur,” he stated, as per PTI.
(With inputs from PTI)
