14-year-old Kota boy kills self after a nightlong PUBG session

Kota, June 6

A 14-year-old boy allegedly hanged himself to death shortly after he stopped playing PUBG throughout the night and went to sleep, said police.

Railway Colony police station in-charge Hansraj Meena said the boy, a Class IX student and son of an Army man, was found hanging from the grill of the ventilator in his bedroom early this morning.

Meena said according to the boy's family, he had downloaded the gaming programme on his mother’s mobile phone only three days back but had been playing the game almost continuously for the last three days.

He kept on playing the game till 3 am in a room in which his brother was studying, said Meena, adding the boy went to the adjoining room to sleep after that.

The SHO said the boy was rushed to MBS Hospital where he was declared brought dead.

The boy lived in the Gandhi Colony house with his mother and brother. His father, a Tamil Nadu native and Army man, is currently posted in Arunachal Pradesh.

The boy’s body has been kept in hospital morgue for the post-mortem, the SHO informed. PTI