Agence France Presse

New Delhi, July 18:

Orissa police rounded up about 200 people watching a porn movie in a cinema hall and made them do 10 sit-ups in public as punishment, a report said today. Parents of teenagers under 17 caught in the net were ordered to come watch the punishment, while all the culprits were made to take a public vow never to watch a sleazy movie again, the Hindustan Times daily said. Sanjeev Panda, police chief in the Balasore district where the movie was being shown, said he was trying a new approach in to stop the screening of porn films.