According to the police, Vikas Gowda did not board the flight "deliberately" and, instead, was roaming around the airport recording a video on his mobile phone.
Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (iStock)
A 23-year-old Youtuber was arrested for allegedly entering the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru, recording a video and later falsely claiming that he spent an entire day there, police said on Thursday 18 April.
Vikas Gowda, a resident of Yelahanka here, entered the airport with a ticket of Chennai-bound Air India flight on 7 April at around 12 pm, they said.
According to the police, he did not board the flight “deliberately” and, instead, was roaming around the airport recording a video on his mobile phone.
On 12 April, he uploaded the alleged video on his YouTube channel, which has nearly 1.13 lakh subscribers, falsely claiming that he had spent an entire day at the airport and had ventured into many areas of the airport premises hoodwinking security.
He later deleted the alleged video.
“He entered the airport and cleared the security check at Terminal-2 of the Kempegowda International Airport and headed towards the boarding lounge. But instead of boarding the plane, he was roaming around in the airport premises and spent nearly six hours at the airport,” a senior police officer said.
After recording the video, he left the airport claiming to the security personnel that he had missed his flight. Since he had a valid ticket and boarding pass, the security personnel did not suspect him, he said.
Preliminary investigation said he did it for publicity and also his claims in the alleged video were an exaggeration, he added. The matter came to the notice of the airport security personnel on 15 April.
Based on the complaint of a Central Industrial Security Force official, a case was registered against Gowda under Sections 505 (Statements conducing to public mischief) and 448 (house trespass) of the Indian Penal Code, and he was arrested, the officer said.
Gowda was later released on bail, police said.
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