All aspects of the Blue Whale game menace was discussed, including its social ramifications, overview, technical aspects, and health related and psychological related counselling, said Commissioner of Police YB Khurania at a workshop here to create awareness on the dreadful game in education institutions of the Twin City of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack on Friday.
Khurania said, “The doubts, which the Principals and other representatives of academic institutions had come with, were also discussed at the meeting and clarified.
Now, they have a better understanding of this challenge and how to deal with it. Hope after this workshop, we are better equipped to deal with this problem now,” he added.
The workshop was attended by around 240 principals and faculties from as many as 200 educational institutions from the twin cities.
Unicef Odisha Child Protection Specialist laxmikanta Nanda, SCB Medical College Principal Dr Siddharth Das and IIT Bhubaneswar faculties were among the experts, who participated in the seminar.
Meanwhile, in the latest incident of Blue Whale game, a video of a girl student of a prominent women’s college in Cuttack, rubbing green chilli in her eyes has gone viral.
Reports said the girl, residing in the college hostel, is suspected to have been playing the online game for long. She rubbed the green chilli several times to cross the 42nd level of the game.
After getting information, the college authorities seized the mobile phone and informed her parents about the incident. Sources said the girl had also allegedly attempted to commit suicide at her home. However, the girl said she did not know what the Blue Whale game is. She said the media reports are not true. Whatever she did was for personal reasons.