Days afterthree sisters in Ghaziabad diedby suicide, police seized and examined their mobile phones amid reports of possible gaming and K-Pop addiction. Investigators recovered data from the devices, which had been sold by their father, and found the girls allegedly spent nearly 20 hours a day on their phones. The activity included online gaming and watching Korean, Chinese, and Japanese shows and cartoons, according to a TOI report.
The mobile phones taken from the electronics shop, where their father sold them, contained viewing and gaming material that the three sisters listed in theirsuicidenote last week, the police said.
The girls' father sold their mobile phone for Rs 15000 about 15 days before the incident. After their suicide, the investigators sent the handset for forensic examination to retrieve deleted data and further know what the girls used to do on their mobile phones.
After the data was retrieved, the police said that the phones were key to figuring out what the sisters were consuming online and whether they contacted anyone outside their family before suicide.
The data showed that the sisters used to watch Korean shows majorly, along with Chinese, Thai, and Japanese content. Their YouTube history showed an extensive list of Korean and Chinese songs, the police said, according to TOI.
They also found material linked togamesnamed in the suicide note, including the horror titles Poppy Playtime, The Baby in Yellow, Ice Cream Man, Evil Nun, and Ice Game.
The police have already shared a report to government to ban these five games. "A request was sent to govt to ban these five games. As of now, we are trying to recover the other phone that the girls' father had sold off three months ago. We also need to scan the social media activity of the girls," the officer told TOI.
Moreover, the girls used to play gaming videos and watch cartoons, including Doraemon, Shinchan, PJ Masks, Masha and the Bear, Shimmer and Shine, and Peppa Pig.
The three sisters died after jumping from a residential tower in Ghaziabad, leaving behind a diary and a suicide note, in which they expressed their love for Korean games and shows.
The police said that their father took away the girls' mobile phones after noticing what he believed was an excessive attachment to Korean culture. Eventually, the girls were unable to play online games or communicate with friends they made through Korean apps, according to a TOI report.
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