Indigo Airlines passenger held by Police in Ahmedabad for inflight smoking

Sabarmati: Airport Police here has booked one Dungarji Rupsingh Kabavat for endangering life and personal safety of others by smoking a cigarette inside the plane. Dungarsingh belongs to Akoli village in Zalor district of Rajasthan. He used lighter in toilet of flight and started smoking cigarette inside. He is booked under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 336 which pertains to act endangering life or personal safety of others.

Indigo airway’s security executive Omprakash Dhanaji Pareva has in his complaint stated that Indigo flight 6E244 from Chennai to Ahmedabad was in the air on July 24 when at 5.30 pm, a passenger didn’t come out from the toilet for long time. When a flight crew member Gurleen Kaur checked, there was a smell of smoking. When checked the dustbin of toilet, a half burnt cigarette and ashes were found inside.

The passenger who had left toilet was sitting on seat number 24A. When questioned the passenger said he had not done smoking. When his seat pocket was checked, it was containing Gold Fake brand cigarette packet and Enjoy brand lighter. When checked with the passenger list, his identity was found as Dungarsingh Rupsingh Kabavat.

A police complaint against Dungarsingh was filed by Indigo’s security officer on duty at Airport police station after the flight arrived at 6.12 am. The flight had left Chennai airport at 3.58 am. Section 336 in The Indian Penal Code, which has been applied in the FIR pertains to act endangering life or personal safety of others(Whoever does any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life or the personal safety of others, shall be punished with impris­onment of either description for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to two hundred and fifty rupees, or with both). DeshGujarat