Two youth playing PUBG mowed down by train in Maharashtra
Team Udayavani, Mar 18, 2019, 7:09 AM IST
Mumbai: Two persons engrossed in playing online game PUBG were knocked down by a train in Hingoli district in Maharashtra, police said on Sunday.
The incident happened at Khatkali Bypass in Hingoli, over 570 kilometres from here, on Saturday evening, an official said. “Nagesh Gore (24) and Swapnil Annapurne (22) were playing PUBG near the railway tracks. They were run over by the Hyderabad-Ajmer train. Their bodies were found late at night by people living in the vicinity,” he said.
An accidental death report has been registered at Hingoli police station, he informed.
Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds, popularly called PUBG, is an online multi-player game of South Korean origin which experts have said is highly addictive and gives rise to violent behaviour in many of those playing it.
Udayavani is now on Telegram. Click here to join our channel and stay updated with the latest news.
Top News
Related Articles More
Boy chokes to death after eating more than three pooris together
UP: Misled by ‘Google Maps’, car falls into river from incomplete bridge, 3 dead
Bad timing: Fraudsters call senior Indore cop during press briefing to pull off ‘digital arrest’
Musk says X now top news app on App Store in India
Honouring ex-NASA scientist’s last wish, family donates ancestral house to Meerut varsity
MUST WATCH
Latest Additions
Congress to co-host the convention organised in solidarity with Siddharamaiah
Karnataka govt to pay Rs 120 crore compensation for Rabi crop damage: Minister Byre Gowda
Officials ask people to stay indoors due to Fengal cyclone landfall near Puducherry
Champions Trophy | ‘Hybrid Model’ or without Pakistan: ICC tells PCB
Substandard ringer lactate solution might be behind maternal deaths in Ballari: Karnataka govt
Thanks for visiting Udayavani
You seem to have an Ad Blocker on.
To continue reading, please turn it off or whitelist Udayavani.