Speaking during the Zero Hour in Lok Sabha, Lok Sabha MP Shrikant Shinde said 3.5% of adolescents suffer from gaming disorder, and added that in many cases, it has caused financial crisis for people.

The project started as an idea from two friends less than a year ago and has now grown into what is described as one of the biggest student-led video gaming initiatives at any UK university.

According to police reports, the accused, identified as Himanshu, succumbed to the grip of addiction on the popular gaming platform Zupee, where successive losses resulted in a mounting debt of nearly ₹4 lakh. 

The man, identified as Soumya Ranjan Nayak, is undergoing treatment in a hospital in Cuttack, where his condition is stated to be serious.