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<\/div>\nThe flyer has been booked on charges of endangering lives of others. (representational)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Bengaluru: <\/b><\/p>\n
First-time flyer from Rajasthan has been arrested at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru on charges of smoking ‘Beedi’ on the Bengaluru-bound Akasa Air flight, police said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The 56-year-old from Marwar region had boarded the plane at Ahmedabad on Tuesday. Mid-air, he went to the lavatory and smoked, police said.<\/p>\n
They added that flight attendants swung into action quickly, held him and, on reaching Bengaluru, handed him over to the police.<\/p>\n
During interrogation, the passenger told police that he was travelling by flight for the first time and did not know about the rules.<\/p>\n
He also said that during train travels he used to smoke in toilets and tried the same on the plane.<\/p>\n
The passenger has been booked on charges of endangering lives of others, police said.<\/p>\n
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