New Delhi: Online gaming is growing by leaps and bounds in India. Popular among young people and an addiction for some, it entails certain risks and dangers.
A couple in Rajasthan were victims of the ills of online gaming, as they took their own lives amid uncertainty over paying back losses they incurred in their online interests.
Kota resident Deepak Rathore, who played online games on his mobile phone, told his sister a day before he and his wife died by suicide that he was under a debt of Rs 4 to 5 lakh.
“I have no option left except to die,” Deepak had told his elder sister.
His sister told him not to take any drastic step and assured that the money will be arranged to pay back the debt. However, that assurance did…