India, Feb. 4 -- Three minor sisters allegedly died by suicide after jumping from the ninth floor of their residential apartment building in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, in the early hours of Tuesday, according to media reports.

The girls have been identified as Pakhi (12), Prachi (14) and Vishika (16). The incident took place around 2 am in Bharat City, a residential township in the Ghaziabad region.

Police told The Tribune that the girls had reportedly developed an online gaming habit during the Covid-19 pandemic and were playing a task-based "Korean love game." Their parents had recently grown concerned after the children stopped attending school regularly.

Sources cited by the newspaper said the parents had repeatedly counselled their...