Indigo passenger held in Ahmedabad for smoking Bidi in airborne flight

Gandhinagar: Airport Police in Ahmedabad has nabbed a person under IPC section 336 for smoking Bidi in flight. The accused is identified as Ponnarasu Mallikarjuna Kullaippa (38) from Anantpur in Andhra Pradesh. Pannarasu smoked Bidi in Indigo flight 6E6374’s toilet. He was also possessing a matchbox.

Indigo’s security executive at SVPI airport, Vrushchik Chauhan in a complaint stated that on 12th August, an Indigo flight was coming to Ahmedabad from Chennai. When the aircraft was in the air, at around 1.15 pm, one passenger went to toilet, following which a smoke detector alarm turned active in cockpit of the flight. The captain of the plane, Bati Shrinivas contacted crew member Nafisa and informed her that a passenger was smoking in toilet, as per the alarm indication.

When checked, the passenger came out and there was a smell in toilet. When checked the seat 35A of the passenger, a ‘Bharat Bidi’ brand Bidi and ‘Raja’ brand matchbox were found. The passenger was identified as Ponnarasu Mallikarjuna, son of Kullaippa.

After the flight landed at SVPI airport in Ahmedabad, a police complaint was filed against him for endangering life of others. DeshGujarat