In yet another bizzare dikat of the Khap Panchayat in Uttar Pradesh's Muzzafarnagar district, it has banned unmarried girls from wearing jeans and using mobile phones.

The panchayat claimed that these have a bad influence and were responsible for girls being harassed. The panchayat of Gujjar community was held at Jadwad village on Friday.

It passed the diktat banning wearing of jeans and use of mobile phones by unmarried girl. The panchayat also claimed that eve-teasing incidents had increased due to "objectionable" clothes worn by girls. It also asked the community people not to have disc jockey during wedding functions. One of the residents said, "Wearing jeans is not good as boys get attracted to it and it gives rise to crimes." One of the girls, "I am ok with not wearing jeans and not using mobiles. We should keep control on ourselves."

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