Ghaziabad, Feb. 11 -- Police on Tuesday said they have recovered one of the two phones used by the three minor girls who allegedly jumped to their deaths from the nine-floor of their residence earlier this month, adding that the phone has been sent for forensic analysis.

This phone, police had learnt during their investigation, appeared to be one of the triggers for their death. The phone was a digital lifeline for the girls, aged 11, 14, and 16, who were deeply immersed in Korean culture and felt alienated from their family over it, and who had also not gone to school in many years. They had also used it to watch online content.

Their father had sold their shared smartphone days before the February 4 incident, and deleted their social ...