The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has taken note of the controversy surrounding television serial 'Pehredaar Piya Ki', which portrays a 10-year-old boy 'getting married' to a woman twice his age and celebrating 'suhaag raat' with her, after an online petition had demanded a ban on the show.

The I&B Ministry has written to the BCCC (Broadcasting content complaints council) regarding the matter and asked for prompt response regarding it.

In a statement, the I&B Ministry said, “The I&B ministry has written to the BCCC (the self regulatory mechanism for GEC content) – to take up the matter since citizens have petitioned and there is an outcry across from media. The BCCC has to take cognisance and respond and take action – since close sources say the Govt has sent a letter to this effect to the BCCC today for immediate and prompt action. Especially since the show has a suhaagraat sequence between a grown up woman and a small boy.The I&B ministry has specifically written to the BCCC to immediately take this up and respond on priority.”