Alarmed over the death of a 17-year-old, the Punjab State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has urged the State Government to remove ‘Blue Whale Online Challenge’ and other similar games from the internet.
The Commission has shot of a communique to the state Chief Secretary Karna Avtar Singh urging the Government to take necessary steps to remove the Blue Whale Online Challenge game from the internet.
“This is a serious issue that teenagers were committing suicides while following the challenges of online games. The National Commission has also taken steps to stop such incidents and create awareness,” said the Commission’s chairperson Sukesh Kalia.
The Commission has asked the Chief Secretary to remove the game from internet and also create awareness among teenagers and youngsters to not to indulge in such activities.
He also appealed the parents to keep vigil on the activities of their children.
The letter was has also been written to the Principal Secretary of Punjab government and head of Bharat Sanchar limited, Punjab and Chandigarh Circles.
The move came in the wake of death of a 17-year-old student of non-medical stream in ludhiana who committed suicide by hanging himself with the grills of stairs. The victim has also left suicide note in which he has written “everything is over”.
His parents told the Police that the student was following challenge of online Blue Whale game.