Pune: Man suffers brain stroke while playing PUBG, dies

A 25-year-old man, a resident of Shindewadi in Pimpri Chinchwad, who had suffered an intracerebral haemorrhage while playing PUBG, died during treatment at a hospital in Maharashtra's Pune on Saturday. According to the post mortem report, the cause of death was intracerebral bleeding with brain tissue necrosis.

Pune: A 25-year-old man who suffered a brain stroke while playing PUBG on Thursday in Maharashtra's Pune died on Saturday, police said.

Harshal Memane, a resident of Shindewadi in Pimpri Chinchwad, had suffered an intracerebral haemorrhage and was rushed to a hospital where he died while undergoing treatment, said a Dehu Road police station official.

Intracerebral haemorrhage is a life-threatening type of stroke caused by bleeding within the brain tissue.

"It seems the stroke occurred because the victim was over-excited while playing online game PUBG. The post mortem report has stated intracerebral bleeding with brain tissue necrosis as the cause of death," he added.

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is an online multiplayer game created by a South Korean company and experts have claimed it adversely affects the behaviour of those addicted
to it.