Blue Whale Challenge: After 8 years, the deadly ‘Blue Whale Challenge’ mobile game is again in the news. A case of death of an Indian student has come to light due to this mobile game. According to media reports, an Indian student in America died due to this suicidal game. The matter is said to be of the month of March, in which the name of Blue Whale Challenge game is coming to the fore. However, it has not been officially confirmed whether the student died due to this suicide game or not.
According to the report, the body of a 20-year-old Indian student studying at Massachusetts University in America was found in the forest near the university. The student’s death is being investigated from the angle of suicide. The police report said that the student had stopped breathing for two minutes, due to which he died. The reason for this death could be the Blue Whale Challenge mobile game, in which the student might have been challenged to stop breathing.
What is the ‘Blue Whale Challenge’?
Blue Whale Challenge is a suicidal mobile game, in which players are given some challenges from the opponent’s side. These challenges are very difficult, in which players even lose their lives. There are a total of 50 levels in the Blue Whale Challenge, crossing which decides the win of the game. The first case of death due to the Blue Whale Challenge game occurred in November 2015, in which a Russian teenager committed suicide. In the year 2016, many cases of Blue Whale Challenge were reported in Russia as well as Egypt, Kenya and Pakistan.
The Government of India had also issued an advisory for this Blue Whale Challenge game in the year 2017. Then the IT Ministry in its advisory had called it a suicide game and had asked children, especially teenagers, to stay away from it.
The game came alive again after 8 years
In 2016, this game was banned in many countries or an advisory was issued regarding this game. Meanwhile, a 21-year-old man, Philip Budekin, was arrested for inciting teenagers to commit suicide with the help of the Blue Whale Challenge, due to which the game came into limelight. However, in the last 8 years, there was no case of suicide or death due to this game. The death of an Indian student has once again brought the Blue Whale Challenge mobile game into the limelight.