NEW DELHI – Player Unknown’s Battegrounds or PUBG addiction is affectingIndian security forces owing to which the Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF) jawans have been banned from playing the mobile game.
A senior CRPF officer posted in New Delhi told News18 that the CRPF jawanshad been barred from playing PUBG. This had been done owing to the factthat PUBG “addiction had affected jawan’s operational capabilities.”
The senior CRPF officer told the publication that many younger personnel inthe CRPF troops have grown addicted to PUBG due to which they had stoppedsocialising with their fellow jawans.
The PUBG addiction had also led to sleep deprivation in CRPF jawans, whichin turn had led to reduced physical activity.
“It’s getting these men addicted to it and getting them engaged to a greatextent which is affecting their ops performance, aggressive and attitudinalissues,” the order issued earlier this month states.