Social media was flooded with tweets and posts after an electronic advertising LED sign board displayed a porn web site. The picture that went viral shows a man holding an umbrella standing at the Nal stop chowk in Pune and watching the LED sigh board that displays a porno website on the huge LED screen at a busy street in Pune city.

In order to verify the picture that went viral, India Today visited the Nal stop square in Pune. The people working in the adjacent show room confirmed about the incident that such an obscene website was actually displayed on the LED advertising board.

"Yes we did hear such a shocking incident did happen , it was weekly off day, and our customers actually informed us , as to an obsene pic being displayed on the web site," manager KTM show room Praful.



PUBLIC UPROAR

Local leaders of MNS - political party were annoyed as the police failed to take action against the people at fault and the Pune Municipal Corporation should cancel the license of such a vendor who indulges in the display of porno clips on its website that is installed in the busiest area of Pune City. The investigating officer of Deccan police station has assured of stringent action and said that police have already initiated an enquiry.

LED SCREEN OWNERS TRY TO JUSTIFY

Justifying their stand, the owner of the display board said its a purely technical mistake as their technical team was testing the signal of the LED board. It was on Wednesday when this accident happened. The owner and his partner were firm on their stand that they are not at fault.



"This is not an obscene film it is just a photograph, you can see it again and again, it is just an accident that happened. It has been hyped by social media, you can come there and watch it again, it was just a mere picture of a website that popped up automatically, we don't know how. It might be possible that somebody hacked our computer," said Gautam Balwada owner of the display board.

The owner of the display board Gautam Balwada and vivek Limaye claimed that they themselves approached the police to consult the police what they should do when such a thing has happened by accident. The owners said they are ready to seek apology from pune public for whatever has happened but it was just a technical error.

The Deccan police of Pune city assured that they are investigating the whole issue and will take appropriate action once the inquiry is complete.



WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY

As per the information from a cyber expert in Pune police department , section 292 of IPC says obscene picture or video screening at public places in India is strictly prohibited and who so ever found indulging in such an act is liable for prosecution that amounts to punishment of five to seven years with a fine up to Rs 10 lakh.



Section 67 in The Information Technology Act, 2000 penalizes cyber pornography. The Section 67 makes publishing or transmitting of sexually explicit act or conduct illegal with a punishment of imprisonment upto five years and with fine which may extend to ten lakh rupees for first offence and seven years for subsequent offences.

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