IndiGo passenger arrested for smoking on flight

-A Monitor Desk Report Date: 09 August, 2023

Mumbai: An Indigo passenger identified as Kavraj Tagat Singh, a resident of Rajasthan, was found smoking in the toilet of an IndiGo Dubai-Mumbai flight when it was airborne. The incident took place on August 3 on an IndiGo aircraft.

A case was registered at Sahar Police Station in Mumbai against a passenger who was found smoking in the toilet when it was airborne, officials said .

As per the official, section 336 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for endangering the life or personal safety of others and Section 25 of the Aircraft Rules has been invoked in the FIR.

The incident prompted the flight crew to immediately intervene and report the matter to the Sahar police station after the flight landed.