16-year-old dies of heart attack after losing in game
In yet another PUBG Mobile-related case, a 16-year-old kid died of a heart attack after playing the game for six hours straight, in Neemuch town of Madhya Pradesh. According to a report by The Times of India, the incident happened when Furkan Quereshi, a Class XII student, and his family were visiting a relative for a wedding. The kid’s father said that before collapsing on the floor, the boy was shouting and he was very agitated while playing PUBG. He also said that the kid was addicted to the game.
According to the victim’s sister, Furkan suddenly started shouting “blast karo, blast karo (carry out the blast).” Soon, he removed his earphones and was heard saying, “Ayan, I will not play with you. You made me lose,” before he collapsed on the floor. He was rushed to the hospital but was declared brought dead.
“He didn’t have a pulse when he was brought in. We tried to resuscitate him, but he could not be revived. The excitement of the video game might have caused a surge in adrenaline, causing tachycardia (increased heart rate) and cardiac arrest,” The Times of India quoted cardiologist Ashok Jain, who examined Furkan, as saying. The victim’s brother said that Furkan sometimes played for 18 hours a day.
This is not the first death related to PUBG Mobile. Earlier this year, a 16-year-old student in Hyderabad committed suicide after being scolded for playing PUBG Mobile for too long. Kallakuri Sambashiva, a student, killed himself after his mother scolded him for playing the game instead of studying. According to Kallakuri father, when the kid’s mother scolded him for playing the game,he got angry and committed suicide by hanging in his bedroom.
As a remedy to this addiction, PUBG Mobile developers rolled out a Healthy Gameplay System notification that barred them from playing the game for more than six hours. PUBG Mobile was temporarily banned by the city administration of Rajkot and later by the district authorities of Gujarat in Bhavnagar and Gir Somnath. Hyderabad-based Forum Against Corruption is also working to get a ban on PUBG Mobile in schools.
