Shocking and gory details have emerged out of the investigations in the suicide of a 14-year-old boy in Mumbai. The suicide could possibly be India's first case of death linked to the social media challenge called Blue Whale.

Mumbai Police said the boy was addicted to the game. Blue Whale is a challenge-based underground game with a shadowy history, and has previously been linked to suicides in Russia and other countries.

India Today accessed the exclusive picture which the 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."

Manpreet Sahans, the boy who committed suicide, jumped from his seven-floor building's terrace Photo: Saurabh Vaktania Manpreet Sahans, the boy who committed suicide, jumped from his seven-floor building's terrace Photo: Saurabh Vaktania

The boy who committed suicide lived in Sher E Punjab in Andheri East. The boy jumped from his seven-floor building's terrace on Saturday. The teenager, a class nine student of an international school in Andheri, stayed with his parents and two elder sisters.

He dreamed of becoming a pilot and had expressed a desire to go to Russia for training. Russia is the country from where the Blue Whale Challenge is believed to have originated.

Mumbai Police has given advisory to all parents in the city to be more vigilant with their children. Mumbai Police said, "Parents are in a state of shock. Two people watched boy jumping from terrace. We advise people to look after their children and keep tab on their behaviour."

CHILLING DETAILS OF THE SUICIDE

According to investigations, the teenager had been using the internet to search for ways to jump from the terrace. This search was done by him two days before he committed suicide. An insider informed that he, while leaving school on Friday, had told his friends that he wouldn't be coming to school on Monday.

the teenager's behaviour had changed completely from a week before. His parents had doubts about his intentions but they did not expect him to commit suicide. They are now in a state of shock.

On the day of the suicide, he went up to the terrace and sat on the parapet for over 20 minutes. While sitting on the parapet he was continuously speaking to his friends on social media where he informed that he is going to commit suicide, but no one took him seriously and thought that it might be a joke.

A police officer, who is part of the investigation said, "A person from another building saw him sitting on the parapet and kept asking him to get down. The teenager even took a selfie with the person from where he was sitting and posted it on the group. He told his friends that one person was stopping him from committing suicide and that he would jump once he goes down."

The man on the other building left from his terrace to save him, but the teenager jumped off the terrace when he saw the person coming his way.

The boy had already jumped by the time the man reached. The man took him to a local hospital but was declared dead there.

BLUE WHALE

Blue Whale Challenge is a social media phenomenon said to have originated in Russia and its creator was reportedly arrested by Russian police earlier this year.

The game gives players a series of 50 quests, with the final task asking them to commit suicide. The game also asks players to document the completion of each task in the form of photographs.

The players are supposed to send the evidence of their completion to the game's administrator who then qualifies them to attempt the next task. Blue Whale's tasks range from the seemingly harmless - watching a scary video at 4 AM - to the disturbing - writing/drawing on arms with sharp objects.

For the final task, players are directed to jump off a terrace building and document the final act in the form of photos/video as well.

Blue Whale Challenge has spread across several countries and taken lives of hundreds of teenagers. The Andheri suicide, however, would likely be the first such case in India.

Following the suicide, a WhatsApp message warning parents about Blue Whale Challenge is doing the rounds in Mumbai. The message, seen by India Today, talks about the Andheri suicide and warns parents and advises them to be wary of handling their childrens' mobile phones or other devices that could allow them to access the online challenge.

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