Ghaziabad, Feb. 6 -- A day after three minor half-sisters jumped to their deaths from their apartment in Ghaziabad, their father alleged that in the hours before the incident, the girls demanded he take them to South Korea and told him that if they were not sent there, they "would die". Ghaziabad police, meanwhile, said they are questioning family members and verifying a series of claims made by the family to media outlets in the immediate aftermath of the incident, particularly allegations linking the deaths to so-called "online task-based games". Soon after the deaths, the father told police and several media organisations that the girls' actions were linked to online gaming platforms. However, investigators said no such evidence has emerged so far. "As per the investigation till now, there is no involvement of task-based games behind the incident. The claims made by the father will be verified, and he will be questioned in detail. We will also seek evidence to support these claims once the family is in a position to cooperate," said Nimish Patil, deputy commissioner of police, Trans-Hindon Zone. When contacted at his residence on Thursday, the father said, "I don't know why they jumped, but they were telling me that if they did not go to Korea, they would die. They were insistent I take them there." "They had stopped studying about two years ago and kept saying they wanted to go and study in Korea. They had even changed their names and were no longer using Indian names."FULL STORY ON P4...