Smoking may land Mallya in trouble
MOHALI: April 5, 2010:- District health officials are going to issue a notice to liquor baron and Royal Challengers Bangalore owner Vijay Mallya for smoking in a public place, thus violating the anti-tobacco act.
During the match between Kings XI Punjab and RCB at PCA stadium in Mohali on Friday, Mallya was caught on camera, puffing.
Recently, district health officials had served a notice to Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne for smoking inside the stadium. Before Warne and Mallya, Kings XI co-owner Ness Wadia and IPL commissioner Lalit Modi too had courted controversy after they smoked inside the PCA stadium in 2008 when the first edition of IPL was launched.
District health official, Mohali, Dr SP Surila said that a photograph of Mallya smoking inside the stadium has been published in the media and now the issue is being discussed with the Civil Surgeon Mohali and Deputy Commissioner after which the notice would be served on him.
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