The deadly Blue Whale game claimed its second victim in Uttar Pradesh, when a 13-year old, a resident of the state capital, committed suicide at his home.
According to the police, Aditya Vardhan Singh, who was studying in Class VIII at a private school, was found hanging from the ceiling fan in his room on Thursday evening. He did not go to school on Thursday, saying he had a severe headache.
Family members said Aditya had been playing the online game using his mother's mobile phone.
"Aditya would go to the terrace every evening and play the game on the cell phone. He used to come back to his room after two to three hours," a family member said. The police said the phone would be sent to experts for examination to ascertain if it had the Blue Whale game on it.
Officials said that they are investigating the matter. "Prima facie, it does appear that the boy was addicted to the online game," a police officer said on Friday.
A few days ago, the game had claimed the life of a 12-year old child in the state's Hamirpur district.