Police in northern India are being paid an extra 30 rupees (36 pence) a month to grow a moustache to give them more authority, a newspaper has reported.

Mayank Jain, a superintendent with the Madhya Pradesh state police, told The Asian Age on Tuesday that research showed that police with moustaches were taken more seriously.

However, he added, the shape and style of police moustaches would be monitored to ensure they did not take on a mean look.

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