Bamaka president Anbumani Ramadoss said that the government should protect the people of Tamil Nadu from gambling.
In this regard, BAMA president Anbumani Ramadoss said that the news that a student named Ramaiah Phukala from Andhra state, who was studying in a private engineering college near Sriperumbudur in Kanchipuram district, hanged himself in the college hostel room due to mental stress after losing lakhs of money in online gambling is shocking.
My deepest condolences and sympathies to his bereaved family and friends. Ramaiah Bhukala has lost several lakhs of his own money in online gambling. In a hurry to recover the money, he borrowed up to Rs 3 lakh from his fellow students and lost it in gambling.
It is only when the students start asking for the money back that they have become addicted to online gambling; Ramaiah finds out how much money we have lost. However, he took his own life because he could not get rid of online gambling and could not pay off his debts. This is how the lives of many online gambling addicts are lost.
Ramaiah is the ninth victim of online gambling in the last six months after the Madras High Court ruled on November 10 last year that the Online Gambling Prohibition Act does not apply to games of skill like rummy and poker.
On the 14th, Srinivasan, an employee of a private financial company from Mangat, committed suicide after losing money in online gambling. On the next third day in the same Kanchipuram district, another life fell victim to online gambling. Ever since the Madras High Court ruled that the Online Gambling Prohibition Act enacted by the Tamil Nadu Government is not applicable to games like Rummy and Poker, I have been urging the Tamil Nadu Government to seek a stay in the Supreme Court. However, even after more than 6 months, the Tamil Nadu government has not taken any action to seek a stay in the Supreme Court. With the summer vacation for the Supreme Court beginning, there is no chance of a ban on online gambling for the next two months.
Looking at this, there is a doubt that the Tamil Nadu government, which is supposed to protect the people of Tamil Nadu, is trying to protect the interests of online gambling companies. The Tamil Nadu government has a duty to protect the people of Tamil Nadu from the clutches of the online gambling monster. Therefore, the Tamil Nadu government should take steps to bring the case for speedy hearing at least by approaching the vacation session of the Supreme Court and seek a stay on the Madras High Court judgment in favor of online rummy. mentioned.
