New Delhi:
Bollywood beauty Bipasha Basu has dismissed allegations of child labour against her. The actress displayed a picture of her feet with two young girls bending over to tie her shoelaces.
"I'm not embarrassed about the picture at all, as it was funny to me and still is," Bipasha tweeted on the controversy.
Under fire, Bips hastily deleted the tweet but forgot to erase the picture. It was only later that the photo went missing from her micro-blogging site.
The actress has written multiple tweets to clear the air on the controversy.
"A pix put for fun got picked up by people as 'child labour' is absolutely unbelievable. Just so that all get it right: neither of the two are children! About the picture, the pair of boots were a different pair so my sister and my friend were helping me and I thought it looked damn funny and took the picture as joke," she tweeted.
She earlier tweeted saying: "Well the people helping me in the picture are my friend and my sister, Who I help often with the same! So am sorry if it hurt anyone's sentiments!.
Bipasha has two sisters who are grown-up, Bijoyeeta is married with a kid while Bidisha is studying abroad.
Bipasha Basu could face serious charges. The Indian Child Labour act says law breakers could face one month to 12 months in jail . According to Article 24 of the Indian Constitution, "No child below the age of 14 years shall be employed to work."
"I'm not embarrassed about the picture at all, as it was funny to me and still is," Bipasha tweeted on the controversy.
Under fire, Bips hastily deleted the tweet but forgot to erase the picture. It was only later that the photo went missing from her micro-blogging site.
The actress has written multiple tweets to clear the air on the controversy.
"A pix put for fun got picked up by people as 'child labour' is absolutely unbelievable. Just so that all get it right: neither of the two are children! About the picture, the pair of boots were a different pair so my sister and my friend were helping me and I thought it looked damn funny and took the picture as joke," she tweeted.
She earlier tweeted saying: "Well the people helping me in the picture are my friend and my sister, Who I help often with the same! So am sorry if it hurt anyone's sentiments!.
Bipasha has two sisters who are grown-up, Bijoyeeta is married with a kid while Bidisha is studying abroad.
Bipasha Basu could face serious charges. The Indian Child Labour act says law breakers could face one month to 12 months in jail . According to Article 24 of the Indian Constitution, "No child below the age of 14 years shall be employed to work."
