Amritsar : Taking serious note of the turban-frisking incident involving NRI Jaswinder Singh Dhaliwal in Italy, SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar today shot off a missive to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, urging him to take up the matter with the Italian Government on top priority. In his letter to the Prime Minister, Makkar said the entire Sikh community was deeply anguished over the humiliation of Sikhs by taking their turbans off forcibly or compelling them to hand over their turbans for thorough search at the international airports particularly in the US and Europe. He said the SGPC had been flooded with calls and representations following the recent incidents involving India's envoy to UN Hardeep Puri at Austin Texas, NRI Dhaliwal at Milan airport and Hazoori Ragi Bhai Nirmal Singh. Makkar said being himself a Sikh, the Prime Minister need not to be told the importance of turban for a Sikh. "It is not only a part of a Sikh's attire but is an integral part of their religious observance. Those who are humiliating the Sikhs by searching and taking off their turbans may not be knowing that the Sikhs are ordained to keep their hair covered with turban as per the Sikh code of conduct and hence they need to be sensitised in this regard," he said, adding that the Prime Minister could perform this sacred duty in the most convincing manner.
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