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Malayalam actress Navya Nair has been thrust into the spotlight once again, this time for a unique reason that has sent shockwaves across social media. While travelling to Australia for Onam celebrations, the actress found herself in an absurd situation at the Melbourne International Airport. The Australian biosecurity officers found a jasmine gajra on Navya’s hair, and fined her a sum of AUD 1,980 ( Rs 1.14 lakh). This left the netizens wondering about Navya’s take on the situation.

Navya Nair has finally addressed the issue and shared her views regarding the controversy. During a recent interview with HTCity from Singapore, the actress revealed, “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 in my hair, so it was nothing hidden, but I didn’t declare it because I missed it out. They mentioned that parts of plants and flowers are included. The sniffer dogs sniffed it because I had kept the flowers in my bag at the beginning of my travel.”

 
 
 
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The South actress also exclaimed that she has reached out to the Australian agricultural department via mail and requested that they waive off the fine. She added that she has 28 days to make the payment, and is currently waiting for a reply from the Australian agricultural department. She further said, “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.”

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Navya Nair also explained that it took her a long time to complete the visa process and exit the airport to enter Melbourne, where she was expected to attend the Onam festival celebrations hosted by Malayali Association of Victoria.

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Navya Nair made sure to mention that, since this is the law of the country, she would have to abide by it and pay the fine eventually. She further added that on humanitarian grounds, the officers could have simply taken the flowers and kept them with them. They could have let her go without any fine, as she didn’t have any intention.