{"id":14365,"date":"2017-07-31T20:25:48","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T14:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/?p=14365"},"modified":"2017-07-31T20:30:46","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T15:00:46","slug":"the-blue-whale-suicide-game-claims-its-first-indian-victim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/the-blue-whale-suicide-game-claims-its-first-indian-victim.html","title":{"rendered":"The Blue Whale Suicide Game Claims It’s First Indian Victim?"},"content":{"rendered":"

What we have been fearing for a few months now seems to have finally happened.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

About 2 months back, we had written<\/a> about a very distressing online challenge called the \u201cBlue Whale Suicide Game\u201d targeting teenagers by encouraging them to perform self-harm, and commit suicide.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Targeting 10-14 year olds, it allegedly had claimed quite a few young lives in some Eastern European countries, including Russia, and Brazil.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u00a0appears that the deadly tentacles of this horrendous and sadistic “game” have reached India too.<\/p>\n

On the evening of Saturday, 29th July, 14-year old Manpreet Singh committed suicide by jumping off the terrace of a seven-storey building in Andheri East, Mumbai.<\/strong> The teenager had allegedly told his friends that he was playing the “Blue Whale Game” and that he wouldn’t be attending school on Monday.<\/p>\n

What is the Blue Whale Suicide Game?<\/h3>\n

Originating in Russia, the “game” is a social media challenge.<\/strong> It challenges its teenaged victims to complete a list of tasks, over a period of 50 days, including \u2013 waking up at odd hours of the night, performing self-harm by carving symbols into their skin, and contemplating death, the final task is to commit suicide.<\/p>\n

If the victims get cold feet and express the desire to leave the game midway, the perpetrators of this horrific game issue death threats for their parents.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Hacktivist collective, \u201cAnonymous\u201d had declared an online war on the game, calling it \u201cOperation Blue Whale\u201d<\/p>\n