Malayalam actress, Navya Nair, who is known for her role in films like Janaki Jaane, Drishya 2, Oruthee and more, has found herself in the middle of a huge trouble. A few days ago, the actress was fined Rs. AUD 1,980 (Rs 1.14 lakh) for carrying a jasmine gajra without declaring it. Navya earlier mentioned that it was just an innocent oversight. Recently, she opened up about the entire incident.
Navya Nair has requested the agriculture department to waive off her fine
Recently, the Malayalam actress, Navya had a candid conversation with HTCity, in which she opened up about the entire incident that she faced at the Melbourne airport. She explained that she wasn’t trying to hide anything, the flowers were in her hair. She shared that it was just an innocent mistake that she forgot to declare it. She also explained that since the flowers were earlier in her bag, the dog sniffed it. In her words:
“I was kind of shocked. It’s a significant penalty. The thing is that I was not carrying flowers in my bag. The flowers were on my hair, so it was nothing hidden but I didn’t declare it because I missed it out. They mentioned parts of plants and flowers are included that. The sniffer dogs sniffed it because I had kept the flowers in my bag in the beginning of my travel.”
She continued to mention that she has been given 28 days to pay the fine amount. She also shared that she had sent a mail to the agriculture department to waive off her fine and is still waiting for a response from them. If they don’t reply, she will have to pay the entire amount. She was quoted as saying:
“I have 28 days time for payment. They also told me that I can send a mail telling all these details to the agriculture department. So, I have just send them a mail that night itself. I am just waiting for a reply. I have asked them to waive off the amount and if they don’t waive off then I had read it in many articles that they charge 300 dollars and they charged AUD 1980 and it is written 6 units, so I don’t know what it is. As a foreigner I had no idea.”
Lastly, Navya Nair added that she is hoping for the officers to let her go as she did not do anything on purpose. She highlighted the importance of rules and explained that she has to abide by them. During the chat, she clarified her intentions and also mentioned that she is waiting for the final decision by the officers. In her words:
“It’s the law of a country and I have to abide it. I have no other option. I requested them and tried to tell them that it was not intentional. On a humanitarian aspect they can simply take the flowers and keep it there. They could have let me go because I didn’t have any intention but I think it depends on the officers so I cannot comment on that.”
More about Navya Nair
Navya Nair is a Malayalam actress, who made her debut with Ishtam and became a household name with Nandanam. Later, she appeared in several hit films and has won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress. She was last seen in the film, Janaki Jaane.
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