{"id":247121,"date":"2022-10-14T23:37:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T23:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/?p=247121"},"modified":"2022-10-14T23:37:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T23:37:00","slug":"punjab-beauty-pageant-promised-nri-groom-to-winner-posters-are-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/10\/14\/punjab-beauty-pageant-promised-nri-groom-to-winner-posters-are-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab Beauty Pageant Promised NRI Groom To Winner. Posters Are Viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\">\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv_cont\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Punjab Beauty Pageant Promised NRI Groom To Winner. Posters Are Viral\" alt=\"Punjab Beauty Pageant Promised NRI Groom To Winner. Posters Are Viral\" id=\"story_image_main\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2022-10\/ctuonpd4_punjab-posters-ani_625x300_14_October_22.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">According to news agency ANI, a father and son who put up the posters were arrested.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b class=\"place_cont\">Chandigarh: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Posters of a beauty contest promising the winner a chance to marry a Canadian Non-Resident Indian or NRI groom in Punjab&#8217;s Bathinda have led to the arrest of two people, the police said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The posters were found pasted on walls at several places in Bathinda on Thursday, quickly spreading online and triggering a backlash.<\/p>\n<p>They advertised a competition of &#8220;beautiful women&#8221; to be held at a local hotel on October 23 with the winner being offered a chance to get married to an NRI who lives in Canada.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Punjab | Beauty pageant poster promises winner the chance to marry an NRI in Bathinda<\/p>\n<p>This was brought to our notice by a few individuals. We have not received any complaints about this yet. Investigation underway: SSP Bathinda J Elanchezhian <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2kmJzzAVt8\">pic.twitter.com\/2kmJzzAVt8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ANI (@ANI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1580952314323795968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A police official told news agency PTI that a case was registered over the posters, including charges under the Indecent Representation of Women (Management) Act, 1986.<\/p>\n<p>According to news agency ANI, a father and son who put up the posters were arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Punjab Social Security Women and Child Development minister Baljit Kaur condemned the event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pasting posters to organise a beauty competition in Bathinda to choose a girl of a particular caste for marriage is highly condemnable,&#8221; she said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The minister ordered the director of the social security, women and child development department to submit a report in this regard as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Kaur asked the deputy commissioner of Bathinda to take strict action against those responsible.<\/p>\n<p>She said the matter came to her notice through social media.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There will be an awareness march in the city against the incident,&#8221; Ms Kaur said, adding the desire of Punjabis to settle abroad also leads to such incidents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/punjab-beauty-pageant-promised-nri-groom-to-winner-posters-are-viral-3432999\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] According to news agency ANI, a father and son who put up the posters were arrested. Chandigarh: Posters of a beauty contest promising the winner a chance to marry a Canadian Non-Resident Indian or NRI groom in Punjab&#8217;s Bathinda have led to the arrest of two people, the police said on Friday. 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