This story is from September 13, 2017

Blue Whale game claims another life

Blue Whale game claims another life
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KANPUR: The online game Blue Whale Challenge claimed the life of a youth in Farrukhabad district on Saturday night. Before ending his life, the youth had reportedly uploaded some pictures of his wrists bearing cut marks. Circle officer Naresh Kumar said a probe had been initiated. Nineteen-year-old Ravi Kumar was a BSc first year student of a degree college. On Saturday evening, he was supposed to visit a nearby market, but at the last moment, he changed his mind and after dinner, he called it a day and went to his room.
On Sunday, when he did not step out of his room, his father, Rajendra, broke in to find his body hanging from the ceiling.
Police said the family conducted the last rites without informing them.
Locals said the suicide seemed to have been triggered by the Blue Whale game as there were pictures of Ravi's slashed wrist, which he had uploaded. To ascertain the fact, police have seized his mobile phone and sent it to IT experts.
“As his family hurriedly cremated the body, we have taken Ravi's mobile phone in our possession and sent it to IT experts to go through the mobile records and history,“ the CO added.
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