Ghaziabad sisters die over Korean love game obsession: Dabang's Sonu Sood has an important advice for parents, says 'it’s time to act'

A day after three sisters, aged 16, 14, and 12, tragically ended their lives by jumping off from their ninth-floor apartment in Ghaziabad, actor Sonu Sood has raised concerns about the online gaming addiction and urged parents to have strict restrictions on minor children's access to online platforms. The three sisters who died by suicide in Ghaziabad were heavily influenced by Korean culture and a deep obsession for all things 'K' (Korean), from pop to BL (boy love) dramas to culture, and despised their father for opposing it. They were reportedly addicted to task/challenge-based 'Korean love game' called 'We are not Indians', as per NDTV. "Sorry papa, Korea was our life. How did you even dare to take this from us?" reads a line from a one-page note they left for their father.

Sonu Sood has an advice for parents

Sonu Sood, who always shares his thoughts on social media, expressed concerns over the exposure of children to social media and online platforms. In a post on X, Sonu Sood urged that social media and online gaming "must be restricted for children under 16, except for education. The actor said that "childhood needs guidance, not algorithms," and asked people to act.

"Three young girls lost their lives in Ghaziabad today (broken heart emoji). Not to violence. Not to poverty. But to the unseen pressure of online gaming and digital addiction." Sonu said he had spoken about the matter earlier, too, and will do so again. “I’ve raised my voice before, and I’ll say it again. Social media and online gaming must be restricted for children under 16, except for education. Childhood needs guidance, not algorithms,” he added.


"Social media and online gaming must be restricted for children under 16, except for education. Childhood needs guidance, not algorithms. Care, not constant screens. This isn’t about blame. It’s about protection, before it’s too late. Let this not become another headline we forget. It’s time to act," the actor said.


The 'Dabangg' actor also dropped a video of him addressing the issue. In it, he urged parents to be available for the children emotionally. He said, "Unhe screen nahi, humara saath chahiye (They don't need screens, they need our presence)."

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What happened in Ghaziabad sisters' death case?

Three minor sisters, who spent every waking moment together, were found dead next to each other on the premises of Bharat City in Ghaziabad, directly under a bedroom window of their ninth-floor flat. Obsessed with Korean lover game, they had not been going to school since Covid, nor they were homeschooled. 'K culture' seemed to have become their refuge and the sisters even called each other by names borrowed from Korean TV shows.

"They listened to Korean music, watched Korean films, dramas, web series and cartoons. They also wanted to go to Korea. All three girls wanted us to accept Korean culture, but when we refused, their behaviour towards us changed, and they went into a shell. They lived in their own world," girls' father Chetan Kumar told TOI.

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"Our initial investigation shows the girls were sleeping with their mother in a room while Chetan was sleeping with his son. Around 1.45am, the girls woke each other up and went to the kitchen on the pretext of having water. But they went to the puja room and locked the door from inside. They used a plastic stool to climb to the window. Their mother woke up and asked them to open the door, but they did not respond. According to Chetan, the two other girls were still in the room when he woke up to find the eldest girl lying on the compound. The two other daughters also jumped after that," Nimish Patil, DCP of Trans-Hindon told TOI.

A police field unit broke open the door of the puja room and found childhood photographs of the three girls scattered across the floor, along with a mobile phone and a pocket-sized diary they had asked their father to read. “The girls took their mother’s mobile phone before going into the puja room. We have sent it to the forensic team for examination,” Patil said, adding that there were frequent arguments at home over the girls’ obsession with Korea.

(With TOI inputs)