Indian PM's neighbour humilated by US security agencies

Dayton, Ohio : Charanjit Singh Gumtala, an Indian social reformist, the patron of Amritsar Vikas Manch has appealed the Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh to take up the matter of patting down of turbans at American airports personally with the American President George W. Bush.
Gumtala incidentally belonged to Amritsar, the native palce of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, both being neighbourers in holy city.
In a missive to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Gumtala has stated that the Transportation Security Administration changed its policy on head coverings on Aug. 4, without Sikh input or public notice, to give screeners the discretion to subject anyone wearing headgear to additional security screening, even pat-down search or removal of the item. Following these instructions the Sikhs are asked to remove turbans and even comb hair in public. It is humiliation to Sikhs to remove turban and then comb hair in open .Being a Turbaned Sikh, he know the importance of turban for the Sikhs and the gravity of humiliation on removal of turban in public.
27/09/07 PunjabNewsline.com

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Categories: Foreign Sep 2007, Safety Sep 2007