Disruptive and Chaotic Pokemon Go in India becoming an issue for the Police and Parents alike

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The latest mobile game Pokemon Go has suddenly become a major sensation with fans but has also become a nuisance to the law-keepers and parents in major cities like Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune and more.








The game is not available in the Indian stores, yet one can see hundreds and thousands of people crowded in famous parks and other public places trying to catch Pokemon with non-store distributed versions of the app.
The feeling of traveling between the virtual and real world which adds to the excitement, says "Nischal" a BMS college engineering student said when asked. It's great for me to take short breaks while studying for exams, go out, find a pokeman, come back and continue study with a fresh mind, says "Nakul" a 12th grade student. 
The game has topped the charts in Apple and Android stores beating some of the major games and apps alike.  Most reports and newspaper talk about Pokemon competing with famous apps like Twitter, Talking Tom, Tinder and more.





On a different note Pokemon Go is becoming a nuisance for the city police and parents alike. "I am in the park mom, says my son, and we are worried its midnight while he is busy playing the game with an expensive phone attracting muggers and the like".
For the police, Instead of chasing away lovers and couples near the parks and similar places late in the night, they are now sighting big groups of college students moving about following imaginary pokemons. 
Krishnappa, a night beat police in Bangalore says, I caught 3 college kids near a park at 1 am in the night to find out they were catching "ghost" pokemons which come only in the night. It is very irritating that we warn them to go home at 11 pm and after 30 minutes most of these guys are still lurking around, in corners, or regrouping as soon as we leave.
Traffic police are seeing a new trend that guys and girls in bikes driving single handed while the other hand is busy catching pokemons causing accidents and fights on the road near Kathriguppe, Lalbagh road etc.

On the brighter side, some parents are seeing their lazy kids walking for 5 km or 10km to hatch pokemon eggs and for some religious parents, this has come as a shock and a surprise that kids are visiting temples and places of worship as you find lot of pokemon "things" in temples. 
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