India warns cricket cheerleaders

BBC Monday, 28 April 2008 12:20 UK

Indian police say the organisers of the new tournament transforming world cricket could be fined if cheerleaders are deemed to be dressed indecently. The cheerleaders have been introduced into the Indian Premier League as part of moves to add glamour and entertainment to the game.

Some politicians say the cheerleaders are "vulgar and obscene". Mumbai police say they will be checking that the cheerleaders' performances do not violate entertainment licences.

"It is difficult to enforce moral policing, we cannot define vulgarity always. It is difficult to ascertain what is vulgar and obscene," said Ram Rao Vagh, the police commissioner for New Mumbai. Full story HERE.