Teenager dies after playing PUBG game on cellphone for 6 hours
Neemuch (MP): A 16-year-old boy died of cardiac arrest allegedly while playing PUBG battle game on his mobile phone for six hours at a stretch here in Madhya Pradesh, his father said Friday.
The deceased was identified as Furkan Qureshi, a Class 12 student.
The incident took place on May 28 when Furkan Qureshi and his family, settled at Nasirabad in Rajasthan, had come to Neemuch to attend a marriage, the teenager's father, Haroon Rasheed Qureshi, said.
Police said they have not been informed about the boy's death by his family and hence not launching a probe as of now.
Before Furkan Qureshi became unresponsive Monday while playing the online game, Player Unknown's Battleground (PUBG), on his smartphone, he `shouted blast it, blast it', his father told PTI.
"He was a very active lad. My son was so engrossed in PUBG game that he played it from Sunday evening to early hours of Monday.
"He slept for a few hours and after getting up had his breakfast and then played the game for six hours at a stretch," Haroon Qureshi said.
"Furkan shouted `blast it, blast it' after his character in the game lost a battle," he said. The teenager was rushed to a hospital after he became unresponsive while playing the game, but could not be resuscitated.
"I examined him at my nursing home. He was unresponsive. His heart beat had stopped. I tried my best but he was brought dead," cardiologist Ashok Jain said.
Another city-based cardiologist Vipul Garg said children nowadays get so much mentally involved in playing battle games on mobile phones that their emotions run high due to thrill and excitement, and they often fall prey to heart failure.
Children should be kept away from such mobile games, Garg said.
Kotwali police station inspector Ajay Sarwan said they had not been informed that the boys death has taken place due to a mobile phone game.
"So we are not probing it," he added. The popular smartphone game has been blamed for adversely affecting studies, overall behaviour, conduct and language of children.
The game has been banned by the police in some cities of Gujarat on ground that it leads to violent behaviour among children and youth.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
