Three minor sisters died after allegedly jumping off the balcony of a ninth-floor flat in Ghaziabad early on Wednesday, with police probing the role of addiction to an online Korean game, officials said. ACP (Shalimar Garden) Atul Kumar Singh said preliminary investigation has revealed that the sisters were allegedly addicted to ‘love game’, an online task-based interactive Korean game. 

The police received information around 2.15 am that three girls had jumped off the balcony in the Sahibabad area. According to the police, the sisters became addicted to online gaming during the COVID-19 period and had been continuously playing the game, often together.