Illustration/Ravi Jadhav

A 24-year-old businessman from Kondhwa is suspected to have fallen prey to the deadly Blue Whale Challenge. He allegedly committed suicide yesterday, and post-mortem revealed many self-inflicted injuries and the shape of a whale on his body, based on which the Kondhwa police believe the online game to be the reason. The deceased has been identified as Yusuf Yakub Shaikh, a resident of Santosh Nagar. He was in the scrap business and also assisted his father in the family business.