Indian police force about 200 pornography watchers to do sit-ups in public to embarass them and discourage them from watching the illegally screened smut. Newspaper reports indicate police raided a cinema in the Balasore district in the eastern state of Orissa, forcing audience members, some as young as 17, to do 10 sit-ups each in a public square, under the watchful eyes of onlookers.

Indian police force about 200 pornography watchers to do sit-ups in public to embarass them and discourage them from watching the illegally screened smut. Newspaper reports indicate police raided a cinema in the Balasore district in the eastern state of Orissa, forcing audience members, some as young as 17, to do 10 sit-ups each in a public square, under the watchful eyes of onlookers.

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