KOCHI: News regarding the Blue Whale suicide challenge first started trending in India in July and Kerala seems to be most interested in this deadly game.

An analysis of Google Trends shows that Kerala has witnessed a 100% surge in all Blue Whale related searches.At a second position with an 88% surge is Daman and Diu.

The desperateness of netizens in the state to access this game is evident, with Kerala leading other states with 100% surge in most Blue Whale related searches as “Blue Whale apk“, “Blue Whale app“, “Blue Whale game download“ and “Blue Whale suicide game download“. The figures also represent that a significant number of people assume that “Blue Whale“ is computer,mobile application that can be downloaded. But that is not the case.

Blue Whale is a social media phenomenon where the participants are allegedly given challenges in secret groups which are monitored by a curator. But Kerala also leads other states in India for searching in more accurate areas like “Blue Whale vk“, where VK is short for the Russian social media platform, VKontakte where the challenge allegedly originated.

“Keralites have always shown a curiosity toward negative things and they also tend to tread towards danger ous areas, which endanger themselves,“ said Dr CJ John, chief psychiatrist of Medical Trust Hospital .

Suspecting the amount of harm it could inflict on children in Kerala, several school principals have taken steps to counter it.

“When the news about this game first started to circulate, I had immediately informed all teachers to inform parents about this game and make sure that the children are not lured into such traps,“ said Sreekala Ram, principal, St Peters higher secondary School.

Fr Anthony M, principal of the Sacred Heart School said that he would inform all moral science teachers to conduct a class on the value of life so that students are not drawn towards such challenges.

