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Pokemon Go hurts religious sentiments
Updated : Sep 8, 2016
On Wednesday, notices were issued by the Gujarat High Court to the Centre, to the State government and to the San- Francisco based games developer Niantic Inc., with regard to the petition against the game Pokemon Go.Advocate Nachiketa Dave said that, the petitioner Ajay Dave stated that the game hurts the religious sentiments of Hindus as well as Jains and that was her key contention. She says that, those who succeed are rewarded with obnoxious eggs and offering eggs to people in temples, even in virtual world, is highly objectionable. Nachiketa added that, lot of accidents took place as the players were getting engrossed in playing the game. The game had been already banned in countries like Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Iran due to religious and safety concerns.