Police preparing for a visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh near Calcutta hired high-school children for the equivalent of $2.50 each to sit in trees for the day and look out for suspicious people.
Local police chief L.N. Meena defended using children in the prime minister's security detail, saying there were too many trees in the area and not enough policemen.
"The area is full of trees, so to check them to see if there were any anti-social elements or anyone making mischief, we employed the youths," he said.
Television footage showed dozens of the youngsters perched in trees, with yellow paper badges that read "security pass" pinned on their chests.
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