Jonty Joseph, 20, a resident of Christian neighbourhood in Saddar Bazaar area of Lahore’s North Cantonment, committed suicide by hanging from a fan in his room last night.
Nadeem Yaseen, SDPO, North Cantonment Police Station, revealed that Jonty Joseph was a second-year student at FC College. He was fond of playing PUBG but this passion took his life.
He had an argument with his father last night over the same video game. His father scolded him and forbade him to play PubG on his mobile all the time, after which he got angry and went to his room. The next morning, the parents learned that Jonty Joseph had committed suicide by hanging from a fan in his room.
Recently a 16-year-old boy named Satish Kumar lost his life playing PUBG. After playing the online game for 16 hours straight the young boy collapsed and passed away before he reached the hospital.
According to the doctors, his heart failed due to playing PUBG. As the game can lead to sheer excitement which may result in heart failure.
Another PUBG addicted individual from India, Raghuveer Kumbhar allegedly chopped off his father’s head after getting angry with his constant restriction from playing the game.
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