Dubai: Harinderpal Singh, a young Sikh male from Karnataka in India, was victimised by airport security staff at Dubai International Airport two days ago, when he was asked to have his dastar (turban) physically man-handled to complete checks.
Interestingly, even in the current world climate where countries like USA and UK are currently operating at heightened threat readiness levels of ‘severe’, turban screenings at airports are still being conducted with non-invasive techniques.
Singh was stopped during the security clearance process to conduct further searches. When he remonstrated against the security officer’s attempts to place his hands on his turban, demands were made that he remove his kara (iron bracelet) and allow the manual search of the turban.
Singh politely refused and requested a swab or a wand to be used, as per the methods of international airports worldwide. He was then taken aside and left unattended while the time of his connecting flight was looming.
04/08/15 Sikh24.com
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Interestingly, even in the current world climate where countries like USA and UK are currently operating at heightened threat readiness levels of ‘severe’, turban screenings at airports are still being conducted with non-invasive techniques.
Singh was stopped during the security clearance process to conduct further searches. When he remonstrated against the security officer’s attempts to place his hands on his turban, demands were made that he remove his kara (iron bracelet) and allow the manual search of the turban.
Singh politely refused and requested a swab or a wand to be used, as per the methods of international airports worldwide. He was then taken aside and left unattended while the time of his connecting flight was looming.
04/08/15 Sikh24.com
