New Delhi March 23:
Top Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh’s coach Amritinder Singh was today forced to remove his turban by security officials for the second time at the Milan airport where he had to endure a painful ordeal last week.
Amritinder, who was travelling with Jeev for the Sicillian Open, was rudely told on March 15 by Milan airport security officials that he could either remove the turban or not board the flight. Despite the expression of “regret” from Italy on that episode, the security officials of the same airport today asked Amritinder to remove his turban or miss the flight, which left Jeev and his coach stunned. Amritinder showed a letter of apology from the Italian Golf Federation on what happened last week but to no avail.
“I told the security official --- who incidentally was the same one who had made me remove my turban last week and put it in a shoe tray --- that the European Union rules say that I cannot be asked to remove my turban but it can be patted down. However, he (securityman) said that he could not follow the rule as he needed to see what was inside," Amritinder said.
Top Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh’s coach Amritinder Singh was today forced to remove his turban by security officials for the second time at the Milan airport where he had to endure a painful ordeal last week.
Amritinder, who was travelling with Jeev for the Sicillian Open, was rudely told on March 15 by Milan airport security officials that he could either remove the turban or not board the flight. Despite the expression of “regret” from Italy on that episode, the security officials of the same airport today asked Amritinder to remove his turban or miss the flight, which left Jeev and his coach stunned. Amritinder showed a letter of apology from the Italian Golf Federation on what happened last week but to no avail.
“I told the security official --- who incidentally was the same one who had made me remove my turban last week and put it in a shoe tray --- that the European Union rules say that I cannot be asked to remove my turban but it can be patted down. However, he (securityman) said that he could not follow the rule as he needed to see what was inside," Amritinder said.
