A day after an investigation was launched into Balvinder Kataria's viral video of him smoking inside an airplane, the social media influencer has falsely claimed that the video was shot on a "dummy plane".
The Haryana based body builder has repeatedly courted controversy with his Instagram videos showing him drinking alcohol in public places. Kataria who is receiving flak for his antics in public with Civil Aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia ordering a probe into the incident.
The viral video shows Kataria wearing a yellow t-shirt spread over all three seats of an airplane row and lighting a cigarette while another person, who is not in the frame, records a video. Kataria after lighting the cigarette proceeds to smoke it.
इस देश में एयरपोरट पर सुरकषा का हाल ये है । @AmitShah जी @AmitShah जी ये वयकति सरेआम देश के कानून की धजजियाँ उडा रहा है ।कितनी चूक है सुरकषा में ये कारनामा । pic.twitter.com/JybE1EnGJh
— Umesh Kumar (@Umeshnni) August 10, 2022
While the video is being shared since January 2022, it went viral on Thursday forcing an official comment from the airlines, aviation authorities and Kataria himself.
On Friday, Kataria was quoted by wire agency ANI, as claiming that the video had been shot in a mock plane and not a real one. "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. Taking lighter inside the plane is not allowed." Kataria further claimed the video was not recent and shot...
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