Andhra Pradesh teenager dies by suicide after being mocked for losing PUBG: Report
2 years, 6 months ago

Andhra Pradesh teenager dies by suicide after being mocked for losing PUBG: Report

India Today  

A 15-year-old boy from Machilipatnam town in Andhra Pradesh has reportedly died by suicide after being mocked for losing a PUBG mobile round. According to The New Indian Express, citing police officials, the teenager was spending the summer holidays with his father and family members, where he was allegedly teased for losing a PUBG game. Family members said the boy used to play games on the mobile phone most of the time and was depressed after making fun of him for losing the game. Last year, Arunachal Pradesh MP Ninong Ering even wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting the government to not allow PUBG developer Krafton to relaunch BGMI in India.

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16-year-old addicted to mobile games dies by suicide after father takes away phone
1 year, 1 month ago

16-year-old addicted to mobile games dies by suicide after father takes away phone

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: A 16-year-old boy who was addicted to playing video games hanged himself after his father took away his smartphone. On November 16, he had a heated argument with his father after he was told to stop playing games on his smartphone and focus on his studies. Police officers said his father then took away his cell phone as he …

Law enforcement agencies probing alleged killing under PUBG addiction: MoS
2 years, 5 months ago

Law enforcement agencies probing alleged killing under PUBG addiction: MoS

Live Mint  

Citing a media report stating that 'a child has killed his mother under the influence of PUBG', Union Minister of Sate for Electronics and Information Technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that law enforcement agencies are investigating to find the reason behind the same. There are reports and grievances of banned apps appearing in new avatars using similar-sounding names have been forwarded …

6-year-old Killed in 'Revenge' After Grandfather Stops Accused from Playing PUBG in UP
2 years, 6 months ago

6-year-old Killed in 'Revenge' After Grandfather Stops Accused from Playing PUBG in UP

News 18  

PUBG has claimed another life in Uttar Pradesh. A 20-year-old Arun Sharma has been arrested for murdering a six-year-old boy to take “revenge” from his grandfather who stopped him from playing online game PUBG. The six-year-old boy Sanskar Yadav used to come to Arun’s grandfather Narsingh Sharma for tuitions. The boy did not return home on Wednesday night after tuitions …

Lucknow PUBG murder: 'Remorseless' 16-yr-old says ready to face death penalty for killing mother
2 years, 6 months ago

Lucknow PUBG murder: 'Remorseless' 16-yr-old says ready to face death penalty for killing mother

India TV News  

Lucknow PUBG murder latest news: Sensational revelations are tumbling out with each passing day in the Lucknow PUBG murder case even as people questioning the police probe. A 16-year-old boy allegedly shot dead his mother on June 4 after she stopped him from playing PUBG - a popular mobile combat game. The teen used his father's licensed gun to kill …

Lucknow PUBG murder: Son cannot kill his mother, says child rights body after questioning teen
2 years, 6 months ago

Lucknow PUBG murder: Son cannot kill his mother, says child rights body after questioning teen

India Today  

Days after a 16-year-old boy allegedly killed his mother as she stopped him from playing the online mobile game PUBG, new revelations have come to the fore and the case has turned murkier. After the boy confessed to his crime of shooting his mother dead during police questioning, he was sent to a child welfare home and its team asked …

Mumbai: 16-year-old commits suicide after mother tells him not to play online games
2 years, 6 months ago

Mumbai: 16-year-old commits suicide after mother tells him not to play online games

India TV News  

Highlights A 16-year-old child in Mumbai committed suicide. He did so after his mother asked him not to play online games. Boy commits suicide: In a shocking incident, a 16-year-old child in Mumbai committed suicide, after his mother asked him not to play online games on his mobile phone. The incident took place on Friday, when the boy identified as …

UP: Boy kills mother as she stops him from playing PUBG, hides body for 2 days
2 years, 7 months ago

UP: Boy kills mother as she stops him from playing PUBG, hides body for 2 days

Deccan Chronicle  

Lucknow: A 16-year-old boy allegedly shot dead his mother as she stopped him from playing the online game PUBG, police said on Wednesday. The minor fatally shot her mother on Saturday and kept the body locked inside a room of their house here for two days before informing his father, an Army personnel posted in West Bengal, about the incident, …

Odisha: Boy commits suicide after parents stop him from playing mobile games
3 years, 2 months ago

Odisha: Boy commits suicide after parents stop him from playing mobile games

India TV News  

In a shocking incident, a 13-year-old boy in Odisha's Koraput district allegedly committed suicide after his parents stopped him from playing games on his mobile phone, the police said on Wednesday. His parents had found him playing games on his mobile phone during online classes. Although his parents had tried their best to dissuade him, he ignored them, said Dhiren …

12-year-old Boy Dies after 'Fight' with Teenager over PUBG in Mangalore, Body Found Day Later
3 years, 9 months ago

12-year-old Boy Dies after 'Fight' with Teenager over PUBG in Mangalore, Body Found Day Later

News 18  

A 12-year-old boy’s body was found on Sunday morning in Mangalore’s Ullal city hours after he went missing. The accused in the case is a 17-year-old boy whom he had met online and with whom the class 6 student used to play PUBG. Let’s play sitting next to each other and we will know who wins’.” On Saturday, after the …

Rajasthan: Minor kills friend for not giving him phone to play PUBG
4 years, 1 month ago

Rajasthan: Minor kills friend for not giving him phone to play PUBG

India Today  

In a shocking incident in Rajasthan, a minor allegedly killed his friend for refusing to give him his mobile phone for playing the PUBG game. The incident occurred in the Jaitpura area of Rajasthan's Rajsamand district on November 9 as a 14-year-old boy brutally hit his 17-year-old friend with a big stone after he refused to give him his mobile …

PUBG Mobile Ban Fallout: Two Youngsters Died by Suicide For Being Deprived of The Game
4 years, 4 months ago

PUBG Mobile Ban Fallout: Two Youngsters Died by Suicide For Being Deprived of The Game

News 18  

The dark side of PUBG continues as we hear reports of more youngsters taking their own lives for not being able to play the game. Following the recent order by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to ban 118 Chinese apps in the country, Google and Apple have both pulled down the popular mobile game. In another case, a …

PUBG Addiction: 16-year-old AP Boy Skips Meals, Dies After Playing Game Continuously for Days
4 years, 4 months ago

PUBG Addiction: 16-year-old AP Boy Skips Meals, Dies After Playing Game Continuously for Days

News 18  

A 16-year-old boy in Andhra Pradesh, who had been addicted to PUBG, died after playing the game continuously for days at a stretch. Earlier this year, another 16-year-old died from cardiac arrest after playing the game continuously for six hours. READ: PUBG Tragedy: 16-Year-Old in Madhya Pradesh Dies After Playing Game For 6 Hours Straight "Furkhan started playing the game …

PUBG Mobile Players in Jammu Kill Man Who Asked Them to Not Make Noise: Report
4 years, 5 months ago

PUBG Mobile Players in Jammu Kill Man Who Asked Them to Not Make Noise: Report

News 18  

PUBG Mobile is one of the most popular games in India as well as around the world, but it has seen its own share of violence being committed as a result of players being addicted to the game. Pura tehsil in Jammu was killed by three PUBG Mobile players, following an altercation where the players were asked to keep the …

Scolded for playing PUBG, 20-year-old college student ends life in Jalandhar
4 years, 5 months ago

Scolded for playing PUBG, 20-year-old college student ends life in Jalandhar

Hindustan Times  

Jalandhar: Scolded by his parents for spending hours on the mobile phone playing PUBG, an online battle game, a 20-year-old college student shot himself dead at his house in Jalandhar on Thursday morning. His father said, “We didn’t scold him much but being parents we used to ask him to focus on studies and spend less time on the phone …

PUBG Addict in Punjab Uses Rs 16 Lakh from Father’s Bank Accounts for in-app Purchases
4 years, 6 months ago

PUBG Addict in Punjab Uses Rs 16 Lakh from Father’s Bank Accounts for in-app Purchases

News 18  

PUBG craze is real and it has managed to keep people glued to screen for hours at a stretch. But a youth from Punjab's Kharar took the craze for the mobile game to another level after he spent Rs 16 lakhs from his father's account to buy virtual ammunition in the game. The 17-year-old would take his father's mobile phone …

16-year-old PUBG addict fakes kidnap, calls parents for ransom
5 years, 2 months ago

16-year-old PUBG addict fakes kidnap, calls parents for ransom

India TV News  

A 16-year-old boy, addicted to the popular online PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds game, faked his own kidnapping and sought ransom from his parents after they took away his mobile phone, police said here on Monday. The teenager, undergoing coaching for IIT, went missing on October 11, after informing his parents that he was on his way to visit his friend, they said, …

Hyderabad: Stopped from playing PUBG, boy takes life
5 years, 3 months ago

Hyderabad: Stopped from playing PUBG, boy takes life

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: A 15-year-old boy, who had consumed bug spray after his parents restricted him from playing PUBG 20 days ago, passed away while undergoing treatment at the King George Hospital in Vizag late on Tuesday. Boya Lohith, a Class X student belonging to Pedagantyada under New Port Police Station limits in Vizag, had consumed the insecticide by mixing it in …

Scolded by mother for playing PUBG, 14-year-old commits suicide in Andhra Pradesh: Cops
5 years, 3 months ago

Scolded by mother for playing PUBG, 14-year-old commits suicide in Andhra Pradesh: Cops

Hindustan Times  

A 14-year old boy from Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam committed suicide by consuming insecticide after his mother reprimanded him for being addicted to the online game PUBG, the police said. Upset over his mother’s scolding for playing PUBG, Boyi Lohith mixed insecticide in a glass of water and gulped it down. Boyi Lohith, a student of Class 10 in a private …

PUBG addiction: 17-year-old commits suicide after being stopped from playing game
5 years, 6 months ago

PUBG addiction: 17-year-old commits suicide after being stopped from playing game

Firstpost  

Deaths attributed to PUBG addiction are growing and so is the popularity of the game. A 17-year-old in Jind, Haryana, has reportedly committed suicide after his mother allegedly scolded him for playing PUBG Mobile and took away his mobile phone. His family said that he would spend most of his time playing PUBG on his mobile phone. He told the …

PUBG addiction: 15-year-old stabs brother for repeatedly interrupting his game
5 years, 6 months ago

PUBG addiction: 15-year-old stabs brother for repeatedly interrupting his game

Firstpost  

The boy allegedly banged his brother’s head against the wall and stabbed him repeatedly with scissors. A 15-year-old boy in Thane district of Maharashtra allegedly killed his elder brother for scolding him for playing PUBG game on his mobile phone, police said. The boy flew into rage when the victim asked him to stop playing the game on his mobile …

Maharashtra: Mohammad Shaikh killed by 15-year-old brother for scolding him over playing PUBG game
5 years, 6 months ago

Maharashtra: Mohammad Shaikh killed by 15-year-old brother for scolding him over playing PUBG game

Op India  

A 15-year-old minor boy from Bhiwandi in Thane district of Maharashtra allegedly killed his elder brother, Mohammad Shaik, for scolding him over playing the PUBG game on his mobile phone. The minor boy infuriated by his brother’s interference allegedly banged the head of Shaikh against a wall and stabbed him repeatedly with scissors, said senior police inspector Mamata D’Souza. The …

PUBG Mobile: Banned in Iraq, Student Ends Life And Everything From The World of The Battle Royale Game
5 years, 8 months ago

PUBG Mobile: Banned in Iraq, Student Ends Life And Everything From The World of The Battle Royale Game

News 18  

PUBG Since its launch in 2017, it has garnered a huge global following across PCs, consoles and mobile platforms. PUBG was recently banned in Nepal by the government under Kathmandu District Court's order as the game keeps attracting backlash from several countries. Rajkot Police Request to Ban Popular Online Game in The City: Last month we reported that the Rajkot …

PUBG addiction was not what caused death of 20-year-old Telangana boy, says doctor
5 years, 9 months ago

PUBG addiction was not what caused death of 20-year-old Telangana boy, says doctor

Firstpost  

It was initially reported that the boy’s death was because of paralysis due to PUBG Mobile addiction. However, it was the news of a 20-year-old Hyderabad boy, dying due to addition to PUBG Mobile, that led to mass protests across WhatsApp groups and social media forums in the country. The 20-year-old’s roommate, Harish Palkurthi, also confirmed that the viral 15-second …

PUBG problem: Pune-based counsellor says parental policing needed to curb addiction
5 years, 9 months ago

PUBG problem: Pune-based counsellor says parental policing needed to curb addiction

Hindustan Times  

An incident which happened on March 15 in Nashik, has shaken parents of young adults to the core. The craze for online games among children and young adults has increased, say parents.. “It is difficult to handle our wards who like these online games. “Addiction to mobile games has become an issue and I see many young adults playing PUBG …

PIL Seeking Ban On PUBG: Bombay HC Seeks Centre, Maharashtra Govt's Response
5 years, 10 months ago

PIL Seeking Ban On PUBG: Bombay HC Seeks Centre, Maharashtra Govt's Response

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court has asked the Centre and the Maharashtra government to file their replies in a PIL filed by an 11-year-old boy seeking a ban on the online game PUBG at all schools in the state. A division bench of Chief Justice Naresh Patil and Justice NM Jamdar sought suggestions from both the state and the Centre with …

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