Three minor sisters allegedly jumped to death from their ninth-floor flat in Ghaziabad on Wednesday. They left behind a diary and a list of their favourite cartoons, characters, and games.

Following the deaths of three sisters in Ghaziabad, India has witnessed a sharp rise in online searches related to Korean culture, ranging from controversial task-based "love games" to K-dramas, skincare trends and language learning.

Shedding more light on his daughters' mindset before they allegedly jumped to their deaths, the father of the three girls in Ghaziabad has said they were completely addicted to Korean culture and insisted that he take them to the country.

On a quiet Wednesday morning in Ghaziabad, three sisters aged 12, 14 and 16 jumped to their deaths from the ninth floor of their apartment.

As the investigation unfolded, what emerged was not just a story of family distress and financial strain, but an intense emotional attachment to Korean culture that had become central to the girls' sense of identity. Read more

The girls left a listicle of other art and culture forms that they were obsessed with. 

Hollywood and English songs were mentioned as well, as were cartoons like Doraemon, Peppa Pig, and Disney characters like Elsa and Ariel. The girls also listed survival games like Poppy Playtime, The Baby In Yellow, Evil Game, and Ice Cream Man Game.

The diary left behind by the girls in the Ghaziabad triple suicide case points to an acute obsession with Korea and Korean culture in what is believed to have culminated in a tragic end, triggered allegedly by a task-based game. Read more

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"How will you make us leave Korean? Korean was our life, so how dare you make us leave our life? You didn't know how much we loved them. Now you have seen the proof. Now we are convinced that Korean and K-Pop are our life. We didn't love you and family as much as we loved the Korean actor and the K-Pop group. Korean was our life," the note read.

The diary left behind by the girls in the Ghaziabad triple suicide case points to an acute obsession with Korea and Korean culture.

"We love Korean, love, love, love," echoes the diary of Pakhi, 12, Prachi, 14, and Vishika, 16, whose deaths have renewed concerns over the unmonitored use of mobile phones among children.

Clinical psychologist Shweta Sharma said that children start out in such games with a "curiosity to prove something under peer pressure." "At each stage of the game, there is a constant need to prove yourself. So, usually, these children cannot understand proper emotional regulation. They have a strong need to be seen, need to be acknowledged," Sharma said.

"Usually, people are not going outside now. Parents don't have time. Emotional availability is definitely not there. We are providing children with all the facilities without understanding whether they are able to handle it or not. So, that emotional need is not getting fulfilled.

"In Korean culture, if you see any series, any game or whatsoever they are making, they are made mostly on the basis of friendship, love and belonging," she said.

Sharma's argument found an echo in an incident from 2024, when three school girls from a village in Maharashtra decided to travel to Korea to meet their favourite Korean band BTS.

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The Mumbai-based psychologist added that adolescents associate themselves with their gamer identities and taking that away can lead to drastic results.

"Their entire psyche starts moving around their competency in that game rather than in real life. When you take that away, the identity as an individual collapses. They may experience complete emotional isolation that can lead to them taking extreme steps," she said.

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According to forensic psychologist Deepti Puranik, any addiction can be looked at in terms of the brain responding to a reward system.

"Games give pleasure to these kids through rewards or appreciation. Gaming directly may not cause an individual to take extreme steps, but it can lead to a lot of these factors that can make an individual's life chaotic and uncontrollable," Puranik told PTI.

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Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) Rajeev Krishna told PTI in Lucknow, "We are getting the whole case examined in detail." The state police chief also stressed the need for cyber awareness, saying the police department holds regular awareness drives and people can reach out to local police stations for issues related to online addiction.

Though details were sketchy, Deputy Commissioner of Police 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.

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A neighbour standing in his balcony saw the horror unfold.

"I live on the 10th floor in the tower facing the girls' tower. Around 2 am, I was standing on my balcony before going to bed, and I saw the oldest girl sitting on the ledge of the window that covered their balcony on the 9th floor in the opposite tower. The sliding panel of the window was open, she was facing the room and had her back towards me. She appeared to be rocking back and forth while sitting on the window frame," Arun told The Indian Express.

"As I watched, it appeared that the second sister was hugging the older sister, and they were rocking together. Suddenly, the older sister toppled backwards and fell through the window, and the second sister came with her. The youngest sister, who too was at the window, appeared to lunge forward to catch them, but she too fell through the opening," he added.

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Assistant Commissioner of Police (Shalimar Garden) Atul Kumar Singh added that the sisters were addicted to a Korean task-based interactive "love game".

"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)," he said.

The sisters got addicted to online gaming during the pandemic years and played it almost without break.

They had been playing the game for the last two-and-a-half to three years, said the father.

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Police have said the sisters were "influenced" by Korean content and were highly "addicted" to mobile phone usage and an online Korean task-based interactive game.

Investigators also recovered a diary containing a handwritten note that read, "Sorry, Papa, I am really sorry," along with a crying-face emoji.

The police said the exact circumstances leading to the incident are still being investigated, and statements of family members are being recorded.

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Asked whether he ever tried to stop his daughters from gaming, Kumar said he had no idea about the nature of the game.

"If I had known that such tasks existed, no father would ever allow his children to be part of it," he said.

Kumar said he later learnt that the game involved instructions which the children followed.

He recalled that Prachi had once told him she was the 'boss' and that her sisters followed her directions.

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The father of three minor sisters who allegedly jumped to their deaths from a ninth-floor flat here on Wednesday said he was unaware that the game they were playing involved "tasks," but added that his daughters had repeatedly said that they wanted to go to Korea.

Chetan Kumar, father of Nishika (16), Prachi (14) and Pakhi (12), told PTI Videos, "They had been playing the game for two-and-a-half to three years.

"They often said they wanted to go to Korea. I did not know that this game involved such tasks. I came to know about all this only after the police forensic team examined their mobile phones," Kumar said.

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Recounting the sequence of events, Chetan Kumar, the father of the girls, said the family was asleep at the time. "My wife was sleeping in the inner room. The girls woke up on the pretext of drinking water, bolted the door from inside and jumped from the balcony," he said.

He said the girls had mobile phones with them, but he did not notice them immediately.

"They threw the phones outside the room. The police later seized them for investigation," he added.

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Chetan Kumar said the three sisters did everything together -- eating, bathing and spending time -- and mostly remained confined to their room.

He added that the girls had not attended school for the past two to three years after failing academically, which made them feel embarrassed and increasingly withdrawn.

Police have said the sisters were "influenced" by Korean content and were highly "addicted" to mobile phone usage and an online Korean interactive game.

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Chetan Kumar, told IANS that he was devastated after seeing a note left by his daughters. The note, he said, had a message for him which read as: "Sorry, Papa...we cannot leave Korea. Korea is our life, and you can't make us leave it. That's why we are committing suicide."

Kumar said he did not know what games his daughters were playing, and if these had forced them to do some kind of task.

"Whatever happened is quite bad. I will say, please don't let your children play games. We never know what tasks they will give... We didn't know this...If they had shared what kind of tasks they were giving, then it would not have happened... I don't know which games those were. We just didn't know ... If we knew, then we would not have let them play that game," he told IANS.

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Nimish Patil, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Trans-Hindon, on Thursday stated that the three minor girls who died in Ghaziabad, after jumping off the 9th floor of their residential building, were clearly influenced by Korean culture.

According to the preliminary information by the Ghaziabad police, the minors used to play an online game.

DCP Patil stated that the police have found a suicide note at the residence, which clarified that they were influenced by Korean culture. However, no specific name of any game application was mentioned in the note.

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Chetan Kumar, father of Nishika (16), Prachi (14) and Pakhi (12), told PTI Videos, "They had been playing the game for two-and-a-half to three years.

"They often said they wanted to go to Korea. I did not know that this game involved such tasks. I came to know about all this only after the police forensic team examined their mobile phones," Kumar said.

The police received information around 2.15 am that three girls had jumped off the balcony of a ninth-floor flat in a tower of Bharat City under the Teela Mor police station limits in the Sahibabad area.

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Police have said the sisters were "influenced" by Korean content and were highly "addicted" to mobile phone usage and an online Korean interactive game.

Investigators also recovered a diary containing a handwritten note that read, "Sorry, Papa, I am really sorry," along with a crying-face emoji.

The police said the exact circumstances leading to the incident are still being investigated, and statements of family members are being recorded.

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In a new twist to the Ghaziabad triple suicide, it has emerged that one of the sisters was determined to jump while the other two tried to hold her back, but all three fell out of their balcony window.

The girls were inexplicably influenced by the Korean culture. They reportedly got hooked on the unnamed Korean game during the COVID-19 pandemic. The obsession was such that they had even kept Korean names for themselves. Prachi, the middle sister, was said to be leading them. 

The obsession was evident from the note left by the siblings. "We can't leave Korea. Korea is our life. You can't free us. We are ending our lives," their suicide note mentioned, recalled their father.

In a new revelation in the sensational Ghaziabad triple suicide case, which is being linked to an online Korean game, it has emerged that the father of the three girls who jumped to death has two wives. And both are sisters.

A deeply distressing incident in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh has reignited concerns about the mental health impacts of excessive online gaming among teenagers. On February 4, 2026, three minor sisters, aged 12, 14 and 16, reportedly died by suicide after allegedly being addicted to an online mobile game, police said as investigations continue into the exact circumstances of the tragedy. 

The incident, coming amid heightened awareness of youth mental health challenges, highlights a troubling connection between compulsive digital engagement and psychological distress in adolescents. 

While gaming itself is a popular pastime and social outlet for millions of young people, experts caution that problematic gaming and screen addiction can exacerbate emotional difficulties, interfere with daily life, and in rare but serious cases, contribute to self-harm.

Their father, Chetan Kumar said he wasn't aware of the game, otherwise, he wouldn't have allowed them to play it. "Whatever happened is terrible. I hope this never happens to another child. I urge parents to not let their children play video games. I didn't know about this game. Otherwise, I wouldn't have let them play," he said.

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The girls allegedly locked the room from inside before jumping out of the window one after another. The security guards and neighbours were alerted by the sound of the girls falling on the ground. By the time the family members broke down the door, the girls had already jumped.

A note has surfaced after the sensational triple suicide in Ghaziabad. Three minor sisters jumped from the ninth floor of their apartment building, allegedly after their parents objected to their online gaming addiction. Before the suicide, they left a note apologising to their parents.  Read more

Three minor sisters jumped to death from the ninth floor of their apartment building in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, allegedly after their parents' objection to their online gaming addiction. Read more

The girls left a suicide note apologising to their parents and asking them to read a diary detailing what led to their suicide

"Is diary me jo kuch bhi likha hai woh sab padh lo kyuki ye sab sach hai (Read everything written in this diary because all of it is true.) Read now. I'm really sorry. Sorry, Papa," the note read. It was accompanied by a crying hand-drawn emoji.