After Blue Whale game its Momo that are making people to do suicide. In this game one have to complete all the stage and task to meet MOMO and India got its first victim she hung herself in Ajmer Rajasthan.
What is Momo Challenge?
The Momo Challenge reportedly started on Facebook where members were “challenged” to communicate with an unknown number, The Sun reported. Once the initial contact with a user is established, the Momo account sends a number of challenged and activities that are to be completed to meet ‘Momo’. It allegedly involves challenges that encourage children to engage in a series of violent acts that end with suicide. If a user refuses to follow the game’s orders, Momo threatens them with violent images, The Sun reported. The account appears to be connected to three numbers in Japan, Mexico, and Columbia.
‘Momo’ is a social media account on popular platforms that use an image of a doll with monstrous features, large eyes and a wide mouth to induce curiosity among children, the report added. The artwork called Mother Bird by Link Factory is inspired by the work of a Japanese artist Midori Hayashi, who has no association with the challenge, according to officials
Local police are investigating the role of the treacherous online game in the death of a Class 10 student who committed suicide by hanging herself at her home.
Family members of the victim have demanded an inquiry into the involvement of the online game in the death of their daughter. A report by the Times of India suggests that one of the victim’s friends told her brother how she was excited upon reaching the last stage of an online game. The brother also told the national daily how the girl played the game in her free time at school or during lunchtime. A preliminary investigation into the death of the girl revealed that she slit her wrist before hanging herself.
While police officers familiar with the investigation said that in a suicide note recovered from the spot, the girl blamed low grades for taking the extreme step. One officer also said that local law enforcement is probing the probing the role of the Momo challenge in the girl’s death by combing through her internet usage history and personal belongings. Only after a thorough investigation will the probing authorities be able to ascertain whether it was the Momo or any other online challenge that drove the 16-year-old to her death.
