5 minutes of readingNew DelhiUpdated: Feb 5, 2026 05:06 pm IST
A horrific incident in Ghaziabad involving three minor girls has left the entire nation in shock. After news surfaced on the Internet that three sisters had committed suicide, police linked it to their online gaming addiction. According to police officials, the three sisters left an 8-page suicide note that reflected their obsession with Korean dramas, music and online games, and how they struggled in a large family that was burdened by large debts.
The tragedy has once again drawn attention to the possible risks of task-based online games and their addiction among children. Wednesday, actor Sonu Sood He expressed pain and concern about the dangers of digital addiction on his social networks. On his Instagram account, he called for immediate measures to protect children in a video message, raising awareness about excessive exposure to screens that is becoming a public health problem. “Unhe screen nahi, humara saath chahiye (They don’t need screens, they need our support),” he said in the video, visibly worried about the incident. “Social media can wait. Childhood can’t,” the title of his post read.
He also shared a tweet under his name X, urging parents to remain emotionally present in their children’s lives, especially those who have access to smartphones and the digital world. Sonu wrote, “Three girls lost their lives today in Ghaziabad (broken heart emoji). Not because of violence. Not because of poverty. But because of the invisible pressure of online gaming and digital addiction.”
The actor further added, “I have raised my voice before and I will say it again. Social media and online gaming should be restricted to children under 16 years of age, except for education. Children need guidance, not algorithm time to act.”
Three youths lost their lives today in Ghaziabad. 💔⁰No to violence.⁰No to poverty.⁰But to the invisible pressure of online games and digital addiction.
I have raised my voice before and I will say it again.⁰Social media and online games should be restricted for children…– sonu sood (@SonuSood) February 4, 2026
Three sisters from Ghaziabad commit suicide
According to police, the sisters were aged 12, 14 and 16 and jumped from a window of their ninth-floor residence in Bharat City after their phones were taken away and their father told them not to watch Korean content online. The girls had stopped going to school for more than two years and spent most of their time on their mobile phones, police said.
Ghaziabad Additional Commissioner of Police Alok Priyadarshi said, “They were under the influence of K-dramas. They had left school and spent all their time watching Korean dramas on mobile phones. On Tuesday night, after other family members went to sleep, the girls locked themselves in their room and jumped to their deaths.”
Police officers said they found an eight-page suicide note that revealed the sisters had planned their suicide. According to police, the girls claimed in the note that their parents beat them and told them they would marry them. Police said they responded that they didn’t want to get married because they “loved Koreans.”
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He The girls allegedly wrote in their suicide note.“Should we live in this world to be defeated by you? No, death would be better… At the mere mention of marriage, we become tense. We like and love Koreans, and we can never accept marriage with Indian men.”
About 10 days ago, her father deleted her social media accounts with Korean names and confiscated her mobile phones. His father sold the cell phones to pay the electricity bill. They wrote in a pocket diary: “Korean was our life, so how dare you force us to give up our life?” the girls commented. “You didn’t know how much we loved them. Now you’ve seen the proof. We are now convinced that Korean and K-Pop are our life. We didn’t love you and your family as much as we loved the Korean actor and the K-Pop group. Korean was our life.”