Bizarre! Delhi teenager spends Rs 2.3 lakhs from grandfathers pension account on PUBG

In a bizarre incident, a Delhi-based teenager reportedly transferred Rs 2.3 lakh from the pension account of his grandfather for his PUBG game, Delhi Police said on Monday. The cyber cell of the Delhi Police said the 15-year-old boy transferred money from the pension account of his grandfather and used the money to fund his PUBG game for months.

The matter came to light after the complainant received a message on his mobile phone that Rs 2,500 had been debited with the account balance at Rs 275. The shocked man reached the bank which informed him that a total of Rs 2.34 lakh have been transferred from his pension account so far.  

The complainant approached police and alleged that he had not carried out any transaction and did not receive the one-time password (OTP) too. The cyber cell found that Rs 2,34,497 had been transferred from the complainant’s account in a period of two months.  

Further investigation revealed that the payments were being made to a Paytm Account registered in the name of one Pankaj Kumar, 23. The cyber cell apprehended Pankaj Kumar and after his interrogation found that one of his friends had asked him for his ID and password of Paytm account.  

The police found that this person had used Pankaj’s account to make payments on Google Play for PUBG. This person was later identified as the grandson of the complainant and apprehended.

Notably, the Indian PUBG: Mobile was one of the 118 apps banned by the Indian government last week. Following this, Bengaluru-based nCore Games on Friday said it will launch FAU:G, a multiplayer action game that has been developed under the mentorship of Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar.  

FAU:G stands for 'Fearless and United: Guards'.  

NCore Games will launch the game at the end of October in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for supporting homegrown apps and Aatmanirbhar Bharat, a statement said.  

"The game is based on real scenarios encountered by the Indian Security Forces to deal with both domestic and foreign threats. Players will be able to, in teams of 5, collaborate and unite to fight the forces of evil," it added.