West Bengal: Blue Whale Challenge claims another life

A class 10th student Ankan Dey from West Bengal killed himself on Saturday. The incident happened in Anandpur town of West Midnapore district.

It is learnt that Dey choked himself to death by covering his head with a plastic bag tied tightly around his neck with a nylon cord, in the bathroom of his home.

According to Dey's father,''He returned from school on Saturday and sat in front of the computer. When his mother called him for lunch, he said he will first have bath. When he did not emerge from the bathroom for quite some time, we broke open the door and found him lying on the floor motionless around 4pm. We rushed him to the hospital where he was declared dead.''

Ankan's friends told police that he played Blue Whale Challenge. This is the first time Blue Whale Challenge victims have come to light in West Bengal and Uttarakhand.

Cyber experts and psychologists have advised parents to strictly monitor teenagers hooked on to dangerous online games such as the Blue Whale Challenge.

Blue Whale Challenge is a notorious internet game that has claimed around 150 lives in Europe and Russia. The game includes a list of 50 challenges that ends with the player killing themselves.

The game is said to have originated in Russia. It was created by 22-year-old Philipp Budeikin, who is currently spending three years in a Siberian jail. The game has reportedly claimed the lives of more than 130 kids around the world.

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