IPS officer Arun Bothra was asked to open his hand luggage at Jaipur airport.
Senior IPS officer Arun Bothra has left Twitter with his latest post. On Wednesday, Odisha’s Transport Commissioner, Mr Bothra, shared a photo of a suitcase filled with green peas. He revealed that the photo was taken at the Jaipur airport, where security officials asked him to open his hand luggage for further inspection, possibly after scanners picked up something unusual inside.
Opening the suitcase revealed that the choco-a-bloc was full of fresh peas – bought for Rs 40 per kilogram, the IPS official said.
“Security personnel at Jaipur airport asked to open my handbag,” he captioned the photo, adding a poker face emoji at the end. It is not clear whether Mr Bothra was joking or not, but his post has certainly amused social media users. Look:
Security personnel at Jaipur airport asked to open my handbag pic.twitter.com/kxJUB5S3HZ
— Arun Bothra 🇮🇳 (@arunbothra) March 16, 2022
The photo has gone viral with more than 48,000 likes and hundreds of amused comments.
IAS officer Awanish Sharan shared his own experience transporting vegetables on flights
Last time I came back from home I paid Rs. 2,000 to @IndiGo6E guys for ‘लौकी’ & ‘बैगन’ at the airport.
— Awanish Sharan (@AwanishSharan) March 16, 2022
Parveen Kaswan, a forest ranger, questioned in a light-hearted tweet whether it was a case of pea smuggling
Grumpy smuggling!!
— Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) March 16, 2022
And when a Twitter user said he bought 10 kilos of green peas at a price of Rs 40 per kg in Rajasthan’s capital Jaipur, Mr Bothra said “the same”.
The same. 40/10
— Arun Bothra 🇮🇳 (@arunbothra) March 16, 2022
The incident also inspired several puns
I hope the incident ended well.
— Anshul Dixit (@anshuld90) March 16, 2022
This was such a fruitless task.
— Meet Sinojia (@msinojia7) March 16, 2022
A matar of great significance. (sorry couldn’t help it)
— mostly harmless girl (@JhinukSen) March 16, 2022
IAS officer Priyanka Shukla called it a “mumble” of grave concern
‘Mumble’ of great concern ????
— Priyanka Shukla (@PriyankaJShukla) March 16, 2022
“Hope it hasn’t affected your peace of mind,” said one Twitter user
I hope it didn’t affect your peace of mind
— Dakhni (@DakhniTweets) March 16, 2022
Arun Bothra, an IPS officer of the Odisha cadre, is active on Twitter. He has a following of over 2.3 lakh on the microblogging platform where his posts range from funny to enlightening.
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