Ghaziabad Minor Sisters’ Deaths: Police Flag Five Online Games, Seek Ban

Ghaziabad Police have written to the Uttar Pradesh government recommending a ban on five online gaming applications after three minor sisters allegedly jumped to their deaths last week. Officials said the games were mentioned in a suicide note recovered from the family’s home.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Trans-Hindon zone) Nimish Patil said the recommendation has been formally sent to the state authorities. “The suicide note clearly mentions five online games that the girls were playing. We have sent our recommendation to the state government, which will forward it to the Centre for further action,” Patil was quoted as saying by Hindustan Times.

The incident occurred in the early hours of February 4, when the three sisters — aged 11, 14 and

16 — jumped from the ninth floor of their high-rise apartment in Ghaziabad. During the investigation, police found that the girls spent long hours on their mobile phones watching Korean dramas, K-pop videos and gaming-related content. The five games named in the suicide note are Poppy Playtime, The Baby in Yellow, Evil Nun, Ice Cream Man and Ice Game, officials said.

The girls’ father earlier told police that his daughters had not attended school for the past three years and had become heavily dependent on mobile phones and online entertainment. He claimed repeated attempts to restrict their screen time were unsuccessful.

The case has also drawn the attention of the Uttar Pradesh State Women’s Commission. Its chairperson, Babita Singh Chauhan, visited the family on Saturday and later wrote to district magistrates across the state, asking schools not to assign homework or projects through mobile phones for students up to Class 5, citing growing concerns over screen addiction among children.

Police said the investigation is ongoing but no evidence of foul play has been found so far. “We are treating this as a case of suicide at present,” Patil said, according to Hindustan Times. A police team has also been sent to Delhi to record the statement of the girls’ maternal grandfather, while the probe is being supervised by an officer of the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police, officials added.