Mumbai: Denied new mobile to play PUBG , teenager hangs himself

Mumbai: An 18-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself after he had an argument with his family members over buying a new mobile phone for playing PUBG game.

PUBG or ‘PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ is an online multiplayer game where about 100 players fight it out in free for all combat where the sole survivor emerges victorious.

The teenager, who was a resident of Kurla’s Nehru Nagar area of Mumbai, took the step when he demanded that he wanted a high-end smartphone costing around Rs. 37,000 to play the online game. However, his family refused to fulfill his demand and argued that the boy will not be given a mobile phone costing more than Rs 20,000, police said.

Distressed from this, the teenager took a rope and allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling fan in the kitchen of his residence.

A case of accidental death has been registered by the police and further investigation in the matter is underway.

There have been calls to ban the game as it is “addictive” and has been linked to poor results of students in exams.

Recently, an 11-year-old student filed a plea through his mother requesting the Mumbai High Court to ban PUBG as it “promotes violence, aggression and cyber-bullying”.

This appalling incidence has raised questions over the continuation of this game as it has caused serious implications and its excessive addiction is causing a great deal of problems in youngsters.