PUBG Turning Fatal? Voices In Favour Of Nation-Wide Ban Get Stronger After Hyderabad Boy’s Suicide 

Taking cognizance of an ever increasing fatalities among enthusiasts of mobile game PUBG, the nation is pitching a cohesive voice to ban the game, reports Indian Express.

After a boy in Hyderabad committed suicide after being reprimanded by his mother over his obsession with the online game eating up all the time meant to prepare for the exams, demand for the ban on the Player’s Unknown Battle Grounds, also known as the PUBG gained more verve.

Previously, a mother, like many others, complained about her son’s lack of concentration on studies, owing to online games while Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi was having an interaction with students and parents in the days ahead of Board exams. In response, on lighter note, the PM asked “Ye PUBG wala hain kya?”

The obsession with the game particularly among the teenagers and those in their 20s is proving harmful for their academic and career pursuits.

With more and more PUBG related accidents being reported, the supporters of the ban are saying that the mobile game can be a deadly distraction. In the past, two men in their early 20s playing the game while being on the railway tracks were killed by a coming train in Maharashtra.

A few cities in Gujarat have already banned the game citing concerns that the game is making the users more violent and distracting students from their studies. Over two dozen people across the state have since been arrested for violating the ban.

In China, the PUBG developers, bowing down to the regulations, have locked the game to the children below 13. Many in India argue that such a ban in India may not survive a legal challenge.