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In times of love, sex aur dhoka, the newly engaged couple -- Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik -- have installed a CCTV outside Sania Mirza's Hyderabad home. It's nothing lascivious. The camera is meant to monitor the crowd outside the Mirza residence, especially the paparazzi.
Incidentally, police permission is required to set up a surveillance camera, but the Maliks have flouted the rule and installed one in a corner of the first floor of their residence, adjacent to the room that Shoaib currently occupies.
Thanks to the camera, the couple has been able to dodge the media and even step out to receive guests, suggest sources.
Apart from alerting family members on the happenings outside, the camera has been providing unexpected entertainment, an insider said.
The stars and their families watched reporters cornering an astrologer, who had strayed into the venue, with his parrot. While the astrologer was clueless about the Sania-Shoaib mania, reporters who believed that the Mirzas might have called him for an astrological consultation, threw several questions at him.
No permission The Mirzas have not obtained permission to install the CCTV camera. When contacted, Stefen Ravindra, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad, said, "They have not taken permission, but before we take action, we have to check why they are using the camera."
Sania was denied a visa to Sialkot, Shoaib's hometown in Pakistan. Hence, the reception venue has been shifted to Lahore where it will take place either on April 16 or 17.