mo4ch:>Game over: Indian police arrest 16 people for playing mobile shooter PUBG | Mo4ch News

At least 16 people from 18-22 have been arrested for playing PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), a mobile shooting game which some regions in India have banned, believing it to be addictive and harmful for kids.Some of the young people arrested were “so engrossed in playing” the Hunger Games style online multiplayer game they didn’t even notice the police approaching, one officer told local media.“Our team caught these youths red-handed. They were taken into custody after they were found playing the PUBG game,” inspector Rohit Raval told the Indian Express after three young people were arrested near police headquarters in the city of Rajkot.Multiple cities across India began prohibiting the game last month following numerous complaints by parents and educators, a situation which culminated in an outright ban in the western-coastal state of Gujarat.Police also seized the phones of those they arrest, “for the purpose of the investigation.” The officers themselves are exempt from the b…