Momo Challenge: After CBSE, ICSE now Delhi government warns schools, parents against deadly game

Momo Challenge: Taking cogniance of the increasing threat the Momo Challenge poses on the stduents, Delhi government has issued a circular to all heads of schools to take precautionary measures against the online game.

Momo Challenge: The direction to issue the circular had come from the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights. (PTI)

Momo Challenge: In a cautionary notification, the Delhi government has issued a circular to all heads of schools making parents and children aware of the deadly game that has claimed a couple of lives in the past few of months in the country. The circular read, "The incidence of death of children by resorting to online suicide game "Lomo Challenge" has sent shock waves to all the intellectuals and concerned citizens through out the country. Making parents and children aware of the threat to the lives of children is the need of hour." "In this field educational institutions can play very important role. Children in schools need to be cautioned about Momo Challenge through morning assemblies. Their parents can be sensitized about the threat to their wards by addressing the issue in the meetings of School Management Committees, be it routine meetings or the special meetings called for the purpose," the circular further read. The direction to issue the circular had come from the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights. To curb this menace, the government has mentioned some important tips for the parents in the circular, which are mentioned below: • Parents should be advised to monitor their wards from Social Media Activities. • Check the mobiles of their wards to see if any suspected or unknown contact is approaching the child. • Anti Virus Software should be installed in systems blocking any suspicious or vulnerable links and spywares/ malwares. • Children should be advised not to accept any invitation to play the game from any unknown number and not to click on any unidentified link. • Password of email accounts and other social networking sites be frequently changed. Also Read| CBSE issues advisory against Momo Challenge • On receipt of an invitation from any particular number on their WhatsApp for any game, the WhatsApp be straight away blocked. • Local police authorities be immediately informed once an invitation to play the killer game is received. • Children should be stopped from playing any sort of game which has a possibility to lead them to the Morno Game challenge. • Frequent visit of the child to Cyber Café be observed /monitored. • Awareness of counseling regarding the menace and proper precautionary measures will go a long way in dissipation of this nuisance. What is Momo Challenge? Just like the horrific 'blue whale challenge' that created a lot of buzz among the youths and tempted them to perform dangerous tasks, Momo challenge too has a series of tasks to be completed that eventually leads to self-harm — the final of which is to commit suicide. The artwork used by Momo is an image of a woman with grotesque features and bulging eyes. Read more.