YouTuber In Big Trouble: Man Arrested For Faking 24 Hours At Bengaluru Airport | Details Inside

Bengaluru: 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 today.

Vikas Gowda, a resident of Yelahanka in Bengaluru and a YouTuber, was spotted at the airport with a ticket for a Chennai-bound Air India flight on April 7 at around 12 in afternoon. 

According to the police, he did not board the flight and was roaming around the airport, recording a YouTube video on his mobile phone.

On April 12, 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.

On April 12, he uploaded a video on his YouTube channel, which boasts nearly 1.13 lakh subscribers. In the video, he claimed to have spent an entire day at the Bengaluru airport, exploring various areas of the premises of the airport undetected by security.

That video was later deleted by him.

"He entered the airport, 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.

The preliminary investigation said he did it for views. 

The matter came to the notice of the airport security personnel on April 15, and, based on the complaint of a Central Industrial Security Force official, a case was registered against Mr. 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.

Airport security personnel noticed the situation on April 15, prompted by a complaint from a Central Industrial Security Force official. The case was filed against Mr. Gowda under Sections 505 (statements conducing to public mischief) and 448 (house trespass) of the Indian Penal Code. 

Mr. Gowda was later released on bail, police said.