BLUE WALE CHALLENGE
The Blue Whale Game (Russia: Синий кит, Siniy kit) also "Blue Whale Challenge", is an Internet "game"
that is claimed to exist in several countries. The game allegedly
consists of a series of tasks assigned to players by administrators
during a 50-day period, with the final challenge requiring the player to
commit suicide.The term "Blue Whale" comes from the phenomenon of beached whales, which is linked to suicide.
Blue Whale began in Russia in 2013 with "F57", one of the names of the so-called "death group" of the VKontakte social network, and allegedly caused its first suicide in 2015 Philipp Budeikin, a former psychology
student who was expelled from his university, claimed that he invented
the game. Budeikin stated that his purpose was to "clean" the society by
pushing to suicide those he deemed as having no value.
In Russia in 2016, Blue Whale came into broader use among teenagers
after a journalist brought attention to it through an article that
linked many unrelated suicide victims to the Blue Whale, creating a wave
of moral panic in Russia. Later, Budeikin was arrested and pled guilty to "inciting at least 16 teenage girls to commit suicide", leading to Russian suicide prevention legislation and renewed world-wide concern over the Blue Whale phenomenon. It has also been linked to other rising self-harm trends, such as "human embroidery" in China.
"Game" structure
The game is based on the relationship between the challengers (also called players or participants) and the administrators.
It involves a series of duties given by the administrators that players
must complete, usually one per day, some of which involve self-mutilation. Some tasks can be given in advance, while others can be passed on by the administrators on that day, the last task being suicide.
The list of tasks, to be completed in 50 days, includes waking up at
4:20 A.M., climbing a crane, carving a specific phrase on the person’s
own hand or arm, doing secret tasks, poking a needle to the arm or leg,
standing on a bridge and roof, listening to music, and watching videos
sent to the challengers by the administrator
Case History In India
India
A 16-year-old boy from Kerala in Southern India was reported to have committed suicide on 26 July 2017, after playing the online Blue Whale game. Hailing from the city of Thiruvananthapuram, it was said he ended his life after allegedly completing the tasks of this deadly game. Recalling the ordeal, the mother of the deceased told the media, boy had committed suicide after deleting all the games from his mobile phone. Acknowledging that her son had informed her about playing the fatal game, she said she had persuaded him to refrain from playing it, but to no avail. She also said he had downloaded the game nine months ago and that he told her not to worry if he dies soon. His mother also revealed that he used to visit cemeteries during the night and go to the beach alone. One of the tasks assigned to the players involved watching the horror videos sent to them by promoters of the game, it is believed. The boy had also drawn on his wrist with a compass, his mother said, adding that he had offered to donate his organs after his death.On 30 July 2017, a 14-year-old boy committed suicide by jumping from the fifth floor of an Andheri (East) building in the city of Mumbai. Maharashtra state Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis blamed the suicide on the Blue Whale game, though the Mumbai Police said they had not found evidence that the teenager had played the game.
On 10 August 2017, a Class VII student in the city of Indore, State of Madhya Pradesh, was pulled away by a group of students, before he could take the final suicide leap, off the third floor of the Chamali Devi Public School. The boy apparently recorded the whole 50 stages of the game, in his school diary.
On 10 August 2017, a 14-year-old boy on the way to finish the Blue Whale challenge was rescued by the Maharashtra Police, who intercepted the bus in which he was traveling to Pune, from his home town of Solapur. After the boy went missing, his parents started enquiring with his friends when they came to know that he was playing the Blue Whale Challenge.
On 12 August 2017, a tenth grade student from Anandpur, West Midnapore district of West Bengal allegedly committed suicide as a result of playing the game. His body was discovered in the bathroom, with his face covered with a plastic bag tied around his neck by a cotton cord.
On 16 August 2017, the family of a 22 year-old man in Kerala blamed the Blue Whale game for his suicide by hanging .
On 27 August 2017, a 13 year old class VI student in the town of Maudaha, Hamirpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, hung himself, after playing the Blue Whale game. According to the police, the boy had his father's phone in which the game, that directs the player to commit suicide after 50 challenges, was on, when the dead body was taken.
On 30 August 2017, a 19 year old college student in Madurai, Tamil Nadu committed suicide by hanging himself. According to the police, the boy had an image of a blue whale along with the text "Blue Whale" carved on his arm. Upon scanning the mobile phone of the victim, the local police was startled to find a Whatsapp group of 75 members in Madurai District who are actively playing the game.
On 3 September 2017, Satvik Pandey, a class XI student from Damoh, Madhya Pradesh committed suicide by jumping in front of a running train after alledgedly playing the Blue Whale game. Pandey’s school friends said that he used to play the game and asked them to play the suicidal game too.
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