The Korean interactive task-based game has come under scrutiny after three sisters died in the early hours of Wednesday, February 3. Their father, who was asleep at the time, mentioned a game – allegedly called a “Korean love game” called “We Are Not Indians” – that the girls had been playing for two and a half to three years, which allegedly involved “tasks”, bringing back memories of the infamous Blue Whale game.
According to an India Today report citing police sources, the girls’ father Chetan Kumar – aged 12, 14 and 16 – objected to them playing games on his mobile phone, after which the children allegedly jumped from their building. The father told police he was unaware his children were playing a Korean game that included “tasks.”
But he said his daughters repeatedly mentioned wanting to go to Korea.
“They played the game for two and a half to three years. They often said they wanted to go to Korea. I didn’t know this game had such tasks. I came to know about all this only after the police forensics team examined their mobile phones,” said Chetan Kumar.
“That’s why we commit suicide”
Narrating the sequence of events, the girls’ father said the family was asleep at the time.
“My wife was sleeping in an inner room. The girls woke up on the pretext of drinking water, slammed the door from inside and jumped from the balcony,” he said. Chetan Kumar mentioned that they had mobile phones with them but he did not notice it, PTI reported.
“They threw the phones outside the room. The police later seized them for investigation,” he added.
The police received information around 2.15 am that three girls had jumped from the balcony of a ninth-floor flat in Bharat City Tower under Teela Mor police station limits in Sahibabad area. When police arrived, they found the three girls and took them to the hospital, where they were pronounced dead.
A suicide note was found at home which allegedly mentioned, “True life story. It’s a diary mein jo kuch bhi likha hain, woh sab padh lo, kyunki ye sab sach hain (Whatever is written in this diary, read it because it’s all true) I’m really sorry. Sorry papa.” Crying emoticons followed.
Another note mentioned, “Sorry dad, we can’t leave Korea. Korea is our life and you can’t make us leave it. That’s why we commit suicide.”
“Korean Love Game”.
He recalled that one of his daughters, Prachi, had once told him that she was the ‘boss’ and that her sisters followed her instructions. Chetan said, “I thought it was like the games we used to play in childhood. I never imagined this could happen.”
Police said the sisters were “influenced” by Korean content and developed a strong “addiction” to both the use of cellphones and an online task-based Korean interactive game, the news agency said.
Police said the exact circumstances leading to the incident are still being investigated and statements from family members are being recorded.
