NEW DELHI — India summoned the Italian ambassador Wednesday to protest demands by Milan airport officials that a world-class golfer’s Sikh coach remove his turban during a security check a day earlier.
It was the second time in a week that Jeev Milkha Singh’s coach Amritinder Singh had his turban removed and frisked in the northern Italian city.
Sikhs worldwide object to such searches as discriminatory and unnecessary in a world with machines for body scanning and metal detection.
Foreign Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna condemned the searches and said the religious practices of all Indians must be respected.
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