Born in Russia, the Blue Whale Challenge now has a disturbingly large audience in different cities across India.

A Google Trends report of the last 12 months shows that India has seen the highest number of searches related to the Blue Whale Challenge in the world.

Not only that. Reports show that India has been holding this infamous rank consistently for three months, with a 100 per cent surge in searches.

KOLKATA, KOCHI, MANIPUR...ALL INFESTED WITH BLUE WHALE CHALLENGE

Until recently, Kolkata was leading the list of world cities that sees the highest number of Blue Whale Challenge related searches.

Right now, Kochi has taken over the top position, with Kolkata moving down to Number Three and Thiruvananthapuram at Number Two.

The most grim news of all is, of the top 50 cities in the world where the highest number of Blue Whale Challenge related searches are done, the top 32 positions are held by Indian cities.

At this point, the list begins with Kochi (which is seeing a 100 per cent surge), and has cities like Indore, Delhi, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Bhopal, etc. up to the 32nd position. Dubai comes in on 33rd position, followed by Bucharest, Abu Dhabi, Helsinki, etc,

SEARCHES COINCIDE WITH BLUE WHALE CHALLENGE RELATED DEATHS?

One might say that these searches could simply mean that people are curious about the Blue Whale Challenge, and not necessarilly doing so to take up the suicide dare.

While that is definitely a fair point, the Related Queries column of the Google Trends report shows that people are looking up 'blue whale game download' the most, which means that they are looking to play the 'game'.

[PS: The Blue Whale Challenge is not an app that can be downloaded.]

Incidentally, episodes of Blue Whale Challenge related suicides or suicide attempts seem to be coinciding with the cities that top the said Google Trends list.

Most recently, West Bengal and Kerala has seen teen suicides and suicide attempt cases related to the Blue Whale Challenge.

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Going through the list, one can see the names of cities like Mumbai, Lucknow, Assam, Chennai, etc., all of which have seen such cases.

Last week, West Bengal CID posted an informative video in Bengali on its official Facebook page to raise awareness about the Blue Whale Challenge.

"The video has been uploaded so that people can understand the hidden agenda of the game," a senior CID official told PTI. However, many have requested the CID branch to translate the video in English and Hindi, so that is can help maximum people.

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