CID public notice on Momo game, Burdwan bizman get invitation

The West Bengal CID today issued a public notice advising people to contact the police or the agency in case they receive invitation to play the Momo Challenge game.

The notice in CID's Twitter handle came in the wake of growing number of reports about people in receiving invitation from unknown numbers to play the lethal game.

Describing the Momo Challenge as "a new killer game on social media", the CID advised parents not to allow their children to play this online game.

"Please make your children/ward aware not to play this game. Any information/activity about this game could be shared with local police or CID West Bengal," the notice said.

So far Momo Challenge has claimed two lives in the state. Manish Sarki (18) of Kurseong in Darjeeling district hanged himself on August 20 while Aditi Goyal (26), also from Kurseong, committed suicide the next day.

On August 21, Jalpaiguri resident Kabita Rai received an invitation to play the game following which she had lodged a police complaint, a police official said. A college student from the same district was detained in connection with the complaint.

Meanwhile, a businessman of East Burdwan district Partha Biswas today lodged a police complaint after receiving an invitation to play the Momo game, a Burdwan report said.

Biswas, a resident of Memari police station area, had received two messages on his phone on Saturday evening inviting him to play the game.

The businessman blocked the number and reported the matter to the district police's cyber cell.

The cyber cell in-charge Additional SP (HQ) Priyabrata Roy, who is in-charge of the cyber cell, said, "Investigations are on in the case. We are also probing if that message came from someone he knows."