Blue Whale: Not a whale of a time, this game spells death ( Courtesy Deccan Chronicle )
...Bengaluru : A sick suicide internet game called 'Blue Whale' that is being probed by Russian cops after being linked to 130 teen deaths and its copy cat, A Silent House and Wake Me Up at 2.40 am, which reportedly challenge participants to kill themselves as part of the tasks given, are giving city schools here the jitters. Most concerned are residential schools that have a good sprinkling of foreign students.
Fears have been raised that the sinister game is just the tip of the iceberg not just in Russia, - which has one of the highest suicide rates in the world - but here in Bengaluru which has the second highest suicide rate after Delhi.......
(14 years old Manpreet Sahani who killed himself by jumping of 7 story building in Mumbai )
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Realted HT news story
Mumbai teen jumps to death, cops suspect links to Blue Whale challenge
According to reports, the Blue Whale suicide game is a social media group provoking youngsters to kill themselves.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/14-year-old-jumps-to-death-in-mumbai-police-suspect-links-to-blue-whale-challenge/story-71oBWo4zHkLMntqzHt61jM.html