IPS officer asked to open handbag at airport; authorities shocked after what was found

Senior IPS officer, identified as Arun Bothra has left Twitter in stitches with his recent post.

On Wednesday, the IPS officer, uploaded an image of a suitcase filled with green peas. He revealed that the picture was taken at the airport in Jaipur, where security officials asked him to open his hand bag for further check, perhaps after scanners picked up something unusual inside.

Opening the handbag revealed that it was fulled with fresh green peas bought at Rs 40 per kg, the IPS officer said.

"Security at Jaipur airport asked to open my handbag," he captioned the picture, adding an emoji at the end. It is not clear if the IPS officer was joking or not, but his post has definitely amused social media users.

Take a look:

The image has been extensively shared with more than 48,000 'likes' and hundreds of amused reactions.

IAS officer, identified as Awanish Sharan shared his own experience of carrying vegetables in flights.

The incident also gave rise to several puns.

The Odisha cadre IPS officer Arun Bothra, is quite active on Twitter. He has a following of more than 2.3 lakh on the social media platform, where his posts range from funny to intuitive.

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