Odisha police sound Blue Whale Challenge alert

By
OB Bureau

Bhubaneswar: Amid reports about a Class X girl allegedly committing suicide after taking the Blue Whale Challenge in Dhanakauda of Sambalpur district, DGP KB Singh on Thursday issued a letter to top police officers of the state directing them to take steps to remove the game link from social media.
“It is understood that an administrator of the game uses social media platform to invite/incite children to play the game, which may eventually lead to the extreme step for self-inflicting injuries, including suicide. You are requested to take steps to ensure that such link of this deadly game in its own name or any similar game is immediately removed from the social media platform,” DGP said in a letter to the SPs.
Blue Whale Challenge is reportedly a suicide game in which the player is given certain tasks to complete for a period of 50 days and the final task leads to the player committing suicide. The player is also asked to share photos after finishing each challenge.
Till now as many as 200 youngsters across the world have fallen prey to the game and killed themselves.
However, Sambalpur SP Sanjeev Arora ruled out the Blue Whale game angle in the death of the Class X student, identified as Suhani Rout.
“There is no report in that respect and we don’t know how a newspaper filed the article attributing the death to the Blue Whale game,” he said.
A day earlier, Suhani was found hanging in her house. The girl’s parents rushed her to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared her brought dead.
However, police have seized her mobile phone and sent it for verification.

OB Bureau

Recent Posts

Odisha IAS Officer New DoPT Secy

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Tuhin Kanta Pandey, 1987-batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre, was on Monday assigned…

November 4, 2024

Bhubaneswar & Cuttack Bali Jatras To Open On Same Date

Bhubaneswar: The opening date of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack Bali Jatras this year face a clash…

November 4, 2024

Next Mass Extinction To Be Linked With Soaring Temperatures, Warn Scientists

Bhubaneswar: A recent study has warned that humans and animals will be wiped out from…

November 4, 2024

Did Shraddha Kapoor Reject Offer In Allu Arjun’s ‘Pushpa 2’ Due To Low Renumeration?

Mumbai: Ever since ‘Pushpa 2: The Rule’ went on floors, speculation was rife that ‘Stree…

November 4, 2024

‘Govt Framing Me’, Says RG Kar Rape-Murder Accused; Charges Drawn Up, Trial To Star On Nov 11

Kolkata: Sanjay Roy, the prime suspect in the brutal rape and murder of a Kolkata…

November 4, 2024

Vigilance Seizes Suspected Ill-Gotten Money Of Rs 2.8 Lakh From Govt Official In Odisha’s Keonjhar

Bhubaneswar: Vigilance officials seized suspected ill-gotten money amounting to Rs 2.8 lakh from an official…

November 4, 2024

Man Saved From Drowning For Timely Action By Fire Personnel In Odisha’s Mayurbhanj

Baripada: A man was saved from drowning in a deep well due to timely rescue…

November 4, 2024

‘Singham Again’: Netizens Compare Badass Arjun Kapoor With Amrish Puri

Mumbai: Actor Arjun Kapoor, who joined the third instalment of Rohit Shetty’s cop universe franchise…

November 4, 2024