Delhi: 15-year-old grandson spends grandfather's pension on PUBG
Earlier in July, it was reported that a 17-year-old teenager in Punjab's Mohali lost around Rs 16 lakh in a prominent game — PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) store. It was an alert for the parents. In a similar incident, a 15-year-old boy allegedly spent Rs 2,34,497 on the PUBG store from his grandfather’s pension account.
The 65-year-old retired BSNL employee got a message from his bank that only Rs 275 was left in his account in May. To this, the old man complained to the Timarpur police station and Cyber Cell of North district that around Rs 2 lakh had been withdrawn from his account without his knowledge.
A case was transferred to the Cyber Cell this month. Meanwhile, it was found that his 15-year-old grandson had allegedly transferred Rs 2,34,497 from his grandfather’s pension account and spent it on PUBG (Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds), an online game which has been recently banned in India.
The DCP (North) Anto Alphonse, said that as per the complainant, the old man received a message on his phone from the bank on May 8.
According to the investigation, Rs 2,34,497 was transferred from the man's debit card to a Paytm account between March 7 and May 8. The transfers were OTP-secured and hence the OTP was sent to the complainant’s number, but no OTP was found on his phone.
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The police revealed that it traced the Paytm account to one Pankaj Kumar (23), who said that his Paytm wallet was used by a friend, who turned out to be the complainant’s grandson. The 15-year-old was apprehended who then revealed that he had been playing PUBG for a few months and wanted to make in-game purchases. He also said that he used his grandfather’s debit card for the same.
-PTC News
