Bhopal: A 17-year-old student, suspected to be a victim of the killer Blue Whale game, committed ‘suicide’ by throwing himself before a running train in the district headquarters town of Damoh in Madhya Pradesh, police said on Sunday .
The body of Satwik Pandey, a student of class XI at the local school here, was found on the railway tracks in Damoh town on Sunday morning, the investigating officer said.
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, his father, Sanjay Pandey, filed a missing complaint 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.
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. A couple of weeks ago, a student in an elite private school in district headquarters town of Indore in MP, attempted suicide by jumping from his school building.
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.
One of the school’s teacher had saved him from jumping from the fourth floor of the school.
