New Delhi June 15,2022:The National Commission of Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Tuesday sent a letter to the Secretary of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Ajay Prakash Sawhney, asking the Ministry to explain in 10 days how the banned online game PUBG was still available to children in the country days after a 16-year-old allegedly killed his mother in Lucknow after she stopped him from playing it.
The NCPCR has also written to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), asking them to explain the status of PUBG and other such games in the country.
The 16-year-old had allegedly shot his mother using a licenced pistol belonging to his father, who is in the Army, and then hid her body inside their house in Lucknow for three days using room freshener to mask the smell, the UP police had said.
The NCPCR has noted that PUBG has been blocked in India by the IT Ministry “in interest of sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of the State and public order’’.
We have also asked the authorities what is the regulating mechanism for such games. If these games are blocked in the country, how do children continue to have access to them? This is a matter of great concern to us, and needs to be addressed,” said NCPCR chairperson Priyank Kanoongo
