![]() In India also, it has claimed the lives of over six children aged between 12 and 19 years so far. The game that originated in Russia has caused over 100 deaths across the world. In India, the lethal game claimed another victim in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday night when a 13-year-old boy committed suicide by hanging himself at his home, another youth from Bengal was saved from the lethal game by his college friends, faculty and counsellors from the West Bengal Police on the same day. You can only be part of the game if an administrator contacts you and enlists you as a potential whale, or candidate,” it stated. It is a social media phenomenon where conversations about this take place secretively in closed social media groups. “It is because this game is not publicly available and freely downloadable. The advisory further stated that although the government has asked companies such as Google, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Microsoft and Yahoo to immediately take down any links leading to the deadly game, it remains unclear how these companies would make the game inaccessible. The Blue Whale Challenge suicide game-which has claimed over 100 lives across the world so far-is now available under different names such as A Silent House, A Sea of Whales and Wake Me Up at 4:20 AM, according to a UNICEF advisory, which claims that there could be other similar games available on the Internet alternatively as well.
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