A teenager was found dead in Neemunch town of Andhra Pradesh due to playing the video game PUBG. A 16-year 12th-grade student named Fuqran died of a cardiac arrest allegedly after he played the game for six hours continuously. Furquan’s family had arrived at the family hometown Neemuch for a wedding. His father said Furqan was a swimmer and had a healthy heart. The family said he started playing the game after lunch and around 7 pm he started shouting at other players before collapsing on the bed.
He had complained of a severe headache before he fell. Furqan’s younger sister, present at the spot, said he suddenly started shouting, The severe cardiac arrest that was possibly caused by sudden deep shock. It’s possible that since the teenager had been playing the game for long hours at a stretch, he could have delved into some kind of syndrome from which it was difficult to come out.
The family had gathered in the hometown for a wedding. The game was developed and published by PUBG Corporation, a subsidiary of South Korean video game company Bluehole. The game has been downloaded more than 360 million times around the world since its release in late 2017. The Gujarat government recently banned the game in the state following concerns about its impact on the “behavior, conduct and language” of players.
