This game has a huge fan base of tens of millions of people
Last week, the Indian government announced a ban on 118 Chinese apps, including the PlayerUnknown’s Battleground (PUBG Mobile) mobile game. This game has a huge fan base of tens of millions of people.
PUBG fans commit suicide after being banned in India
Local media reports that on September 4, 21-year-old student Pritam Halder hanged himself at home due to his inability to continue playing PUBG Mobile. According to his mother, Halder returned to his room after breakfast and locked himself from the inside. After they broke down the door, the young man was found hanging from a ceiling fan.
After talking to Halder’s family, the police agreed that he committed suicide because he could not play PUBG Mobile, of which he was an avid fan.
A 16-year-old boy from a village in the Anand district of Ahmedabad also committed suicide after an argument with his father. The latter took his smartphone away for playing PUBG Mobile all the time. The boy was the son of a school teacher.
In addition to PUBG Mobile, India has banned WeChat, Sina, Taobao, Youku, Alipay, CamCard, Baidu, Cut Cut, VooV, Tencent Weiyun, Rise of Kingdoms, Zakzak and many other Chinese apps.
