Blue Whale game challenge returns after eight years as an Indian-origin first-year student was found dead in the US. The student was said to be trying a challenge that involved holding breath for a long duration. Here is everything we know so far.
The student, who was found dead in an abandoned car on March 8, was a first-year student at the University of Massachusetts. His death was reported as a murder last month, but police said the case is being investigated as an "apparent suicide".
The notorious Momo Challenge that drives children to self-harm and suicide, surfaced in the news in 2018.
Odisha Police is currently probing if the death a 25-year-old man was caused by Momo challenge, while Tamil Nadu police suspect pressure of Blue Whale game as cause of the death of a 22-year-old engineer in Cuddalore.
The general secretary of the Association, Nabaru Dey said that there were no such cases reported by member schools about any student, and no 'Advisory' was issued by CID till date on the issue. However, they have asked schools to keep reminding students to stay away certain online games.
In the complaint lodged yesterday, Abdul Kuddus said after he had turned down the invitation to take part in the 'Momo Challenge', he received a WhatsApp message from an unknown number that revealed his bank account details.
As per cybercrime experts, Momo challenge is nothing but a hoax which is aimed at stealing information.
The double murder case of a woman and her 11-year-old daughter was solved on Saturday after the police nabbed the 16-year-old son who confessed to killing them with scissors and a pizza cutter.
According to media reports, till date there are reports of around 200 people committing suicide in India after playing the online game Blue Whale.
Facebook is working with suicide prevention partners to track phrases, hashtags and group names associated with online challenges encouraging self-harm or suicide.
The 24x7 helpline number by Fortis Healthcare will provide psychological counselling to the participants of Blue Whale Challenge.
The Blue Whale Challenge game is targeted at teenagers and forces them to perform several dangerous activities, finally leading them to commit suicide
Blue Whale Challenge: The notorious online suicide game is not the only one to be claiming lives of innocent teenagers!
The deadly online Blue Whale continues to haunt the tech-savvy youth in India as a 19-year-old boy allegedly hung himself at his home in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai on Wednesday while completing the last challenge of the game
Police said the student had his father's phone in his hand in which the game, that directs the player to commit suicide after 50 challenges, was on when the body was taken down
Wary of the impact of the 'Blue Whale Challenge', the Uttar Pradesh police today issued directives to police chiefs of all districts to ban the internet-based game that has been linked to several deaths of children worldwide
A bench of acting chief justice Gita Mittal and justice C. Hari Shankar also wondered why adults were getting into this game, in which dangerous tasks like self-inflicting of wounds on the body, are assigned to the player by administrators
Government will take action against internet-based social media platforms if they fail to remove links to the deadly Blue Whale Challenge game.
The government has directed internet majors Google, Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram, Microsoft and Yahoo to immediately remove the links of dangerous online game Blue Whale Challenge
Similarly, a 14-year-old Mumbai boy jumped off the terrace of his home on August 1 in a bid to complete the game challenge.
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