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A 14-year-old boy in Mumbai who committed suicide, on Saturday, may be the first Indian victim of the deadly social media challenge called Blue Whale.

The Class 9 student jumped off the fifth floor of the building in Sher-e-Punjab area of suburban Andheri at around 5 pm on Saturday, the police said.

The police are yet to determine the reason behind his suicide and trying to ascertain if it was anyway related to the online game.

"The teenager's friends were chatting on social media groups about his death being linked to the Blue Whale online suicide challenge game. But, we are yet to examine his mobile phone and social media groups where he was active," a senior police official told PTI.

What is the Blue Whale Challenge?

The Russian made Blue Whale challenge is an underground game that encourages people to commit suicide and has already claimed over 100 lives so far.

It is believed that the social group administrator assigns daily tasks to members, which they have to complete over 50 days.

The challenges start with simple tasks like watching horror movies and waking up at unusual hours and gradually progresses to self-mutilation more extreme tasks.

The players are then asked to send photographic evidence of the completion of each to the game's administrator who then qualifies them to attempt the next task.

The final task is for players to jump off a terrace of a building and to document the final act in the form of photos as well.

India Today accessed the exclusive picture which the Mumbai teenager took just before committing suicide. The photo was taken by the boy sitting on the terrace parapet. In the photo, the boy's legs can be seen, and the photo was captioned, "Soon the only thing you would be left with is a picture of me."

Following the suicide, parents are being warned about the Blue Whale challenge via Whatsapp messages as many teenagers have fallen victim to the horrific game.