Suspected of playing Blue Whale, two Bengal girls counselled

Kolkata: Two teenage girls, suspected to be playing the macabre online game Blue Whale Challenge, were interrogated and counselled in West Bengal, police said on Thursday.

Two Class 9 girls of Barasat Girls High School in North 24 Parganas district's Barasat were interrogated on Wednesday night after the head mistress of the school contacted the police about their involvement in playing the Blue Whale game, a police officer said.

"The online game was found installed on their mobile phones. They said the game got downloaded after clicking on a link a few weeks ago. However, it's not clear what stage of the game they were in," he said.

According to police, the mobile phones of the two girls were seized.