Last week, the government of Gujarat, a state with a population of over 60 million, implemented a ban on PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Mobile, the game responsible for the current battle royale boom. As funny as the ban may sound, local officials are taking it as anything but a joke.

Over 10 students were arrested in the city of Ahmedabad for playing the mobile shooter, with a further 16 people arrested in the city of Rajkot in the past week alone, reports the BBC.

“Our team caught these youths red-handed,” Police Inspector Rohit Raval said, according to the Indian Express, following the arrests of three students. “They were taken into custody after they were found playing the PUBG game.”

As you would expect, many in India are upset by the new restriction.

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https://www.cnet.com/news/pubg-players-in-india-are-being-arrested-just-for-playing-the-game/