New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- Malayali actress Navya Nair was fined Rs.1.14 lakh at Melbourne International Airport after she was found carrying a jasmine gajra. The incident occurred during her recent trip to Australia to attend Onam celebrations organised by the Malayali Association of Victoria.

Airport officials fined her AUD 1,980 ( Rs.1.14 lakh) for bringing a 15-cm-long jasmine string into the country.

Recalling how the flowers ended up in her luggage, Navya said: "Before I came here, it was my father who bought jasmine for me. He cut it into two parts and gave it to me. He asked me to wear one in my hair from Kochi to Singapore, since it would wither by the time I reached. He told me to keep the second one in my handbag so I could wear i...