Meerut, Uttar Pradesh: A young boy in Meerut region attacked his father and slit his neck with a knife when the father asked him not to play PUBG, a Chinese gaming application which has been banned by the Centre, police stated on Monday.
The father was seriously injured in the episode and later, the accused, identified as Amir, moreover wounded himself with the knife. Both the father and song have been admitted to the Meerut Medical College.
As indicated by reports, the episode occurred on Thursday in Jamnagar in Kharkhoda town of the region however was not reported to the police right away.
The young boy attacked his dad, Irfan, after he asked him to avoid spending extended periods of time at gaming. Annoyed with his father’s criticism, Amir got a knife and slit his dad in the neck several times. Afterward, he additionally slit himself in the neck.
Devesh Singh, Circle Officer, stated that the young boy cut his father’s neck when he asked him not to play the game. The young boy is likewise in critical condition.
The family members of the young boy said he was addicted to drugs and was going through treatment, stated Inspector Arvind Mohan Sharma.
Even after it is prohibited by the Indian government, the Chinese gaming application PUBG is proving to be lethal for some families in the nation.
Since the time it started picking up popularity in India, PUBG has been something of a controversial subject.
In the past, there have been many crazy tragic accidents and deaths.
A fitness mentor in Jammu was admitted to a psychiatric hospital prior in January in 2019 after he started harming himself. Apparently the 6th such case in the state, specialists recommend he may have gone through emotional distress identified with his addiction to the game after he played it close to nonstop for 10 days. After wrapping up a round of PUBG one day, he reportedly started hitting himself hard, harming himself and being hurried to the hospital
A young boy from Pune apparently turned out to be so addicted to the game following a year of playing, that he began to skip school entirely. At the point when his family saw and took away his mobile phone, he got fierce. Inevitably, he ended up missing a whole academic year.
A 17-year-old boy from Jind in Haryana killed himself after his mother took away his mobile phone for playing PUBG too much. Despite the fact that he had passed through his class X tests a year prior, he never tried going to classes at his new higher secondary school for a year, rather selecting to play PUBG. When he was discovered attempting to secretly play PUBG on the roof of their family home, his mom took his phone again. The boy was discovered hanging in his room the following day.
A 15-year-old boy from Bhiwandi in Maharashtra allegedly killed his 18-year-old brother when he scolded him for playing an excessive amount of PUBG. The boy allegedly got so furious he slammed his sibling’s head into the wall and wounded him repeatedly with scissors.
source: with input from ians
