{
  "id": 3252134,
  "title": "3,400 Lipstick Kisses On Car Land Gwalior Man In Trouble, Police Fine Him ₹5,500",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/3-400-lipstick-kisses-on-car-land-gwalior-man-in-trouble-police-fine",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T11:08:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/3400-lipstick-kisses-on-car-land-gwalior-man-in-trouble-police-fine-him-5500"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A Gwalior man found himself in legal trouble after police fined him ₹5,500 for a viral social media stunt involving a car covered with 3,400 lipstick kiss marks. Aditya Sikarwar, the car owner, revealed that his girlfriend had created the marks as part of a foreign trend and social media challenge. Unaware that it was illegal, the couple posted a video of the car online, which gained significant attention. The police became aware of the vehicle after a video surfaced on social media, showing the car with the distinct lipstick-like marks moving through the City Centre area. Traffic Police Inspector Abhishek Raghuvanshi confirmed that the video led to the police taking notice of the car. Sikarwar explained that his girlfriend had spent around three and a half hours carefully applying the lipstick marks all over the car before posting the video on Instagram. Upon realizing the mistake, he cleaned the entire car to remove the marks and paid the fine. The police, following Operation Eagle, tracked the vehicle, issued a challan, and seized the car for traffic violations. Social media users questioned the legality of the act, wondering if the unique art of lipstick marking violated traffic rules or posed any danger on the roads.",
  "summary": "A viral social media stunt landed a Gwalior man in trouble after police fined him ₹5,500 over a car covered with 3,400 lipstick kiss marks. Police also made him wipe the marks off the vehicle. Car owner Aditya Sikarwar said his girlfriend had covered the vehicle with the marks as part of a \"foreign trend\" and a social media stunt. He said they were unaware that doing so was illegal. Video Of…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}