Bollywood celebrities too careless while travelling!
Features
oi-Raymond Ronamai
By Raymond Ronamai
Bollywood
celebrities
travel
widely
across
the
globe
for
shooting
their
films,
and
so,
they
must
be
aware
of
the
rules
of
the
airport
customs
officials.
But
they
commit
blunder
and
unnecessarily
trouble
the
airport
authorities.
Within
two
months,
three
celebrities
namely,
Minissha
Lamba,
Bipasha
Basu
and
Anushka
Sharma
were
detained
on
charges
of
trying
to
evade
customs
duty,
thus
raising
the
question
if
they
are
too
careless
while
travelling
abroad.
Actress
Anushka
Sharma
was
detained
by
the
customs
officials
at
the
Chhatrapati
Shivaji
International
Airport,
Mumbai,
on
June
27
for
carrying
undeclared
gold
and
diamond
studded
jewellery
and
other
valuables
worth
between
Rs.
20
to
Rs.
40
lakh.
The
actress
claimed
that
the
valuables
were
brought
to
Toronto
for
the
recently
concluded
IIFA
Awards
but
she
should
have
declared
them
in
India
before
she
left
for
the
event.
It
may
be
recalled
that
Minissha
Lamba
was
questioned
by
the
customs
officials
last
month
for
carrying
undeclared
assets
worth
Rs.50
lakh.
She
was
however
let
off
after
a
particular
jewellery
company
produced
documents
proving
that
the
actress
borrowed
the
ornaments
from
the
company
for
the
Cannes
Film
Festival.
Bipasha
Basu
was
also
detained
by
the
customs
officials
last
month
for
carrying
undeclared
assets
worth
Rs.
65,
000.
She
ended
up
paying
Rs.12,
000
for
the
personal
goods
she
carried.
These
celebrities
may
have
come
up
with
different
reasons
for
carrying
so
much
of
valuables
abroad
but
there
is
no
excuse
for
troubling
the
customs
officials.
The
question
is
-
if
people
who
frequently
travel
abroad
don"t
know
the
rule
book,
who
will
know?
These
public
figures
certainly
need
a
lesson
or
two
on
civic
scenes.
They
should
create
awareness
among
the
public
on
customs
duty
rather
than
setting
bad
examples.