Delhi Woman Issues Strong Warning To Parents After Her Niece 'Downloads' The Blue Whale Game
The Blue Whale challenge has claimed over hundreds of deaths in the world. India is no stranger to the deadly game as over six deaths have been reported till now. A viral Facebook post with over 70000 shares warns people to keep their children away from gadgets and keep them locked.
The 'Blue Whale' challenge has claimed over hundreds of deaths in the world and India is no stranger to the deadly game as over six deaths have been reported till now.
While states have asked parents to be extra vigilant, the government is trying to kill every trace of the online trend.
But what has probably surpassed all these efforts combined is a viral Facebook post with over 70,000 shares. Written by a Delhi woman, Priyanka Bansal, it warns people to keep their children away from gadgets and keep them locked.
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What prompted her to take to Facebook was her 7-year-old niece who downloaded the game on her father's phone. Bansal writes,
"I asked her, why and how did you come to know about this game. She said there are 2 bhaiya in her school van who asked all these kids to download this game and not to delete it, they also said this is a very funny and interesting game. I thought whom she is referring would be senior boys but again she surprised us by telling that they are small kids of 4-5 class, she is in 1st standard.(sic)"
This prompted Bansal to delete the game and clear all chat history from the app store. She writes,
"She is very small and I am sure she would not have gone further in operating this game or in reading instructions, But who knows if she could have done this. Fortunately we got to know about her actions in the very initial stage of this stupidity. I was worried for those boys too, have informed the school principal to call and talk to the parents and alert them for these actions of there innocent kids.(sic)"
As a warning, she further states,
"I request all you to share this incident and keep a check on your kids. Keep your devices locked and away from kids. Imagine that the deadly game is been discussed by kids of 1st class and suggested by kids of 4 th class. Please find out a way to talk to kids or maybe use what I did.( Bhoot version). Please take care your small ones.(sic)"
Read her entire post here.
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