Shockwaves ripple through Kochi as the death of vocational student Aditya, 16, in a forsaken waterlogged quarry defies easy explanation. The Chottanikara incident, marked by a purported Korean online friendship gone awry, has police chasing digital ghosts 10 days on.
Aditya assured her parents of schoolbound steps before her body surfaced nearby. A poignant suicide note in her possession detailed anguish from an Instagram contact’s reported demise—linked since New Year’s, confirmed lost by late January. Bilingual in English and Korean, the extended missive mourned parental abandonment amid crushing sorrow.
Doubts swirl around the account’s legitimacy, its 12-follower count belying popularity claims. Uncracked phone data and translating Korean book notes stall progress, alarming teachers to romance scams exploiting K-wave fandom among youth. From Mahesh and Ramya’s home to the government’s vocational campus, this saga prompts urgent cyber scrutiny, highlighting social media’s lethal underbelly.