Kolkata: A woman was caught smoking inside the washroom of a flight on Sunday afternoon. She was handed over to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport police station and was released on bail later.
According to airport sources, the woman is a teacher by profession in a English medium school in South Kolkata and was travelling from Guwahati in an Indigo Airline's flight. While the flight was in the air, she was caught smoking by the crew members inside a washroom. She was immediately detained.
After the flight landed at NSCBI Airport, the pilot of the flight lodged a complaint at NSCBI Airport police station and handed her over to the police. A case was initiated against her based on the Smoking and Tobacco Consumption (Prohibition) Act.