Indian youth kills parents, sister for opposing online game addiction

PARADIP, Mar 4: A 21-year-old college student killed his parents and sister using stones in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district on Tuesday morning as they were opposed to his addition to online games, police said on Tuesday.

The incident took place at Jayabada Sethi Sahi under the Jagatsinghpur Police Station area around 3 AM as the student used stones or any other hard objects to smash the heads of his father, mother and sister, Superintendent of Police Bhawani Sankar Udgata said.

A preliminary investigation revealed that accused Surjyakant Sethy was annoyed with his parents and sister for "opposing him playing online games on his mobile phone", Jagatsinghpur Police Station inspector-in-charge Prabhas Sahu said.