07 September,2016 03:35 PM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
A PIL has been filed in the Gujarat High Court against developers of the location-based augmented reality game Pokemon Go, alleging it hurts religious sentiments of certain communities by showing eggs in places of worship
A PIL has been filed in the Gujarat High Court against developers of the location-based augmented reality game Pokemon Go, alleging it hurts religious sentiments of certain communities by showing eggs in places of worship.
The petition has been filed by Alay Anil Dave and San Francisco-based developer of the game, Niantic, Inc., and Central and state governments have been made the respondents.
As per the plea, the image of eggs are shown in the augmented reality game appear in places of worship of different religious groups amongst other things.
The petitioner has said eggs are considered as non- vegetarian food, and it is blasphemous to carry non-vegetarian food inside a place of worship of Hindus and Jains.
Twitterati had a field day laughing at the 'ridiculous' plea. Here's how they reacted!
