A painful incident shocked everyone in Indira Nagar police station area of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh. Here a 13 year old child died under suspicious circumstances. The family says that the child was addicted to playing Free Fire game on mobile and was playing the same game at the time of the incident. After receiving information about the incident, police reached the spot and took stock. The police have taken the body into their custody and sent it for post-mortem. The entire matter is being investigated.
The deceased has been identified as 13-year-old Vivek, who was originally a resident of Sitapur. These days, Parmeshwar was living on rent in Enclave Colony Indira Nagar with his family. This family had shifted here only eight days ago. Family members told that Vivek had become addicted to playing mobile games. His sister Anju told that on Wednesday he was alone at home and was continuously playing games on his mobile. Anju went out of the room for some time. When she returned, Vivek was lying unconscious and the Free Fire game was playing on the mobile.
At first Anju thought that her brother had fallen asleep while playing the game. But when he did not do anything for a long time, she became suspicious. He called the rest of the family members. The family immediately took Vivek to Lohia Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
Vivek’s other sister Chandni said that her brother was so addicted to playing Free Fire that he used to remain engaged in the game till late night every day. He used to play on mobile from 10 to 11 pm at night. Didn’t talk to anyone. If anyone interrupted, he would throw things in anger.
According to family members, Vivek Takrohi worked in a grocery shop in the area and was on leave on Wednesday. That same day, he kept playing mobile games at home the whole time. At the time of the incident, only his sister Anju was present in the house. He told that Vivek himself had said that you do the household work, I play games. When Anju came back after some time, Vivek was lying unconscious.
Landlord Akash said that the family had recently come to live in his house on rent. In the evening it came to light that the child had died in the house. Everyone was surprised to hear this.
There was chaos in the house after this incident. The family members are in bad condition and crying. Local people are citing addiction to mobile games as the main reason for this accident. Indira Nagar police station in-charge said that the body has been sent for post-mortem. The cause of death will become clear only after the report comes. He said that at present no written complaint has been given by the family. Further action will be taken upon receiving the complaint.
This incident once again raises questions about how dangerous the increasing addiction of mobile games among children is becoming. Experts say that such games not only increase mental stress but also have a negative impact on children’s sleep, attention and behavior. Lucknow This painful incident is a warning to parents that they have to be alert in time to protect their children from addiction to online games.
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