Son uses mom's phone to play games, spends Rs 5 lakh

AMALAPURAM (EAST GODAVARI): Around Rs 5.40 lakh was siphoned from two bank accounts after a mother gave her mobile to her son for playing games online. The incident took place in Amalapuram town in East Godavari district . The mother of the 14-year-old boy later noticed that Rs 1.60 lakh from an SBI account in Amalapuram and Rs 3.80 lakh from an Andhra Bank account in Ambaji Peta had disappeared.

According to Amalapuram town sub-inspector Yesu Babu, the 14-year-old boy would play a video game called Free Fire . As part of the game, he started to purchase virtual weapons and ammunition over the last 20 days, through his mother’s bank accounts. When his mother realised that over Rs 5 lakh was missing, she approached the police.

Police are now mulling over how to book the FIR and against whom it should be booked. While money withdrawn from one’s personal account without the knowledge of the account holder would be fraud, in this case, police say it will not be possible to book anybody as the money was spent through the gamer’s account.