Smoking on SpiceJet flight replace: Delhi Police has registered an FIR in opposition to social media influencer Bobby Kataria after his previous video of smoking on a Spicejet Dubai-Delhi flight went viral once more, stated ANI. The accused Balvinder Kataria alias Bobby Kataria claimed that he was smoking on a dummy airplane and it was part of a shoot in Dubai. The video that has been shared on varied social media platforms was shot again in January 2022 by Bobby Kataria’s aide and was shared on his Instagram account. As seen within the video, Kataria is mendacity down on the plane seat and lighting a cigarette and taking a few puffs.
Replying on the incident, SpiceJet stated that the matter was investigated completely in January 2022 when the video was dropped at their discover and a grievance had been filed by the airline with the Udyog Vihar police station in Gurugram. He was additionally placed on a no-flying listing by the airline for 15 days in February 2022.
Delhi Police registers FIR in opposition to social media influencer Bobby Kataria in reference to a video displaying him smoking on a SpiceJet flight.
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— ANI (@ANI) August 16, 2022
Defending himself, Kataria stated that the video in query is an previous video shot in Dubai. “The video in which I was seen smoking is not a normal airplane, it was a dummy plane and that was a part of my shooting in Dubai. I want to ask everyone; how can a lighter make its way into an airplane? It would be detected by a scanner. A cigarette still one can carry, but not a lighter. It was shot in 2019 or 2020,” stated Kataria.
An investigation discovered that the accused Balvinder Kataria alias Bobby Kataria had travelled from Dubai to New Delhi through SpiceJet. “The incident took place in January this year. Kataria boarded the SpiceJet flight from Dubai. A police complaint was lodged. Also, as per Civil Aviation requirements, an enquiry was conducted by SpiceJet. He was banned from flying on Spicejet flights for 15 days thereafter,” stated Scindia.
Kataria landed in Delhi on January 23 and the video shouldn’t be out there on his Fb and Instagram pages now. “Balvinder Kataria had travelled from Dubai to New Delhi on the SpiceJet flight. He landed in Delhi on January 23. The video is not available on his FB/Insta page. The action was taken by the aviation security earlier,” The Bureau of Civil Aviation Safety informed ANI.
