**Passenger Arrested for Smoking in Aircraft Lavatory on Phuket-Mumbai Flight**

Mumbai: A 25-year-old passenger was arrested at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport after being found smoking in the lavatory of a flight, police said on Saturday.

The incident caused panic inside the aircraft when passengers noticed smoke coming from the lavatory during the Phuket-Mumbai flight on Friday night, an official stated.

Bhavya Gautam Jain, a resident of Napeansea Road in South Mumbai, was taken into custody upon arrival at the airport. Jain allegedly lit a cigarette inside the plane’s lavatory, the official added.

He was arrested under relevant sections of the Aircraft Act. Smoking is strictly prohibited on all passenger flights under India’s aviation rules.

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