In Kiwale area of Pimpri-Chinchwad city adjacent to Pune, a 16-year-old youth committed suicide by jumping from the 14th floor of his residential building while playing an online game. The child has also written a suicide note. The child has committed suicide by writing ‘log off note’ in the letter. Before committing suicide, the young man made some sketches and maps in his notebook. The initial guess of the police is that the young man might have committed suicide after getting addicted to the game.
The password of the laptop of the child who committed suicide is still not known to the parents and the police. Therefore, the big challenge before the Pimpri-Chinchwad police in the investigation is that which game did the young man commit suicide by playing? Police will take the help of cyber experts to investigate the child’s suicide. DCP Swapna Gore has appealed to parents to keep an eye on their children’s mobile laptops so that such accidents can be avoided.
‘There is an appeal to the government that such incidents should not happen again’
The child’s mother said, ‘The boy had changed a lot in the last six months. He was being aggressive. Being a mother, I too was afraid to face him. Tried a lot to get out of this game. I used to take the laptop from him but he used to snatch the laptop from me. He had changed so much that he was not even afraid of fire. He asked for a knife. He was not like this before.
The child’s mother has alleged that it is the government’s fault. How do such websites reach children? In today’s era, everything has become digital. When all these things go to children, they should be protected. What will happen after jumping from the 14th floor? My son did not know this. The person in front had set the task of suicide in front of him (through the game). Such incidents should not happen again. This is our appeal. I request the government not to let such things reach children.
He said that anyone can access your children through open networks. There are many things there. It contains animation series which are seen on BPN. What happened to my son, do not let it happen to other children, this is all I say to the government.
‘He used to erase the history of his laptop’
The child’s father said, ‘The laptop given to my son has a parental lock. After removing it, he was using the laptop. My child was good in studies. His results were also good. He said that you cannot pay attention to children 24 hours. He used to erase the history of his laptop. He had two mails. Even I didn’t know this. There are some sketches made in his notebook. We too were not aware of this. Two teams were written and played in this. This game is similar to Blue Whale.
He said that there had been a lot of change in the minor child in the last six months. He used to take a knife and cut the watermelon very finely and play with fire. There was a lot of change in the school also. However he was in no mood to listen. This information has been given by the maternal uncle of the minor.