UPDATE: Since the Rajkot ban was put in place, reports have emerged that 10 people have been arrested in India for playing PUBG Mobile.
Speaking to The Indian Express, police commissioner Manoj Agrawal said a total of 12 cases have been registered so far, but the misdemeanour was a “bailable offence,” with guilty players “shown as immediately bailed out by police”. Cases will go to court where “there will be a trial for not following the notification issued”.
The Rajkot Special Operations Group, meanwhile, told The Indian Express it yesterday arrested three young men near its headquarters. The police seized the men’s mobile phones “for the purpose of the investigation”, and stated the accused “were so engrossed in playing … they could not even notice [the] team approaching them”. The force is apparently in the process of releasing the men on bail.
ORIGINAL STORY: Uh-oh, seems like yet more government authorities are seeking to limit children’s gaming time – but in this case only one game is in the firing line: PUBG Mobile, which is apparently being banned in a growing number of Indian cities.