The Chennai Metro Rail Limited has apologised to a Sikh man, who was asked to remove his turban inside the metro by the security officials on Tuesday, according to an India Today report.
On September 1, at about 8:30pm, Tandeep Singh of Chennai decided to take his first ride on the metro. As soon as he stepped in for security check after buying his tickets, he Singh says he was in for a rude shock. The security guard went after his turban asking that it be removed for a check, says Singh.
Speaking to The News Minute, Singh says that the guard at the Vadapalani station repeatedly asked him to remove his turban, even after Singh told him that he cannot ask him to do that, and that the turban was sacred. The guard reportedly also said that those were the instructions given to them.
I had to be quite stern with him. I asked him to get the supervisor. Then he relented and let me go.
— Tandeep Singh
Recounting his experience on his Facebook pages, Singh says:
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