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Another Blue Whale Challenge Victim Dies In MP:- In another tragic incident, a 17-year-old student, ended his life by throwing himself before a running train in the district headquarters town of Damoh in Madhya Pradesh, police said on Sunday.

The deadly suicide game “Blue Whale Challenge” is suspected to be the reason behind the boy’s death. The boy, Satwik Pandey, a student of class XI at the local school was found on the railway tracks in Damoh town on Sunday morning in Bhopal, said the investigating officer. This probably could be the first death caused by the Blue Whale Challenge in MP.

According to the police, Satwik was found missing from his home on Saturday evening. Later, a missing complaint was filed by his father, Sanjay Pandey, at the local police station.

“Prima facie it appears a case of suicide. However, we have not yet recovered any suicide note. Probe is on into the incident,” the police officer said. The police suspected that it might be a case of suicide abetted by the Blue Whale challenge.

“Satwik had been seen engrossed with his cell phone for the last several days. He used to remain tense also. He was telling his friends that he had little time with him and he was going far away from them,” the police said quoting Satwik’s friends and kin.  

To be recalled, a student in an elite private school in district headquarters town of Indore in MP attempted suicide by jumping from his school building, a couple of weeks ago. The boy was at the final and 50th level in the Blue Whale challenge and was prompted to commit suicide by jumping from his school building. Luckily, he was saved by one of the school’s teacher from jumping from the fourth floor of the school.

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