Racial attack on Sikh outside UK Parliament |
A prominent Sikh environmentalist from India was allegedly attacked in UK with the attacker also attempting to rip off his turban and shouting `Muslim, go back`. The incident took place outside the parliamentary office of Slough MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi at Westminster, the high-security area in central London of the United Kingdom where UK Parliament and other government offices are located. Ravneet Singh, South Asia project manager of EcoSikh, who hails from Ludhiana in Punjab, said that he was waiting outside MP`s office when a man came running towards him and began shaking his turban with both hands. He also attacked him on his neck. Before running away, he shouted, `Muslim, go back.` EcoSikh is an organisation based in the United States working on environmental related issues in many countries including India. UK police have recorded Ravneet`s statement. In the past years since 9/11 attack in the US, Sikh community has become the target of hate crime in foreign countries and being mistaken as Muslims due to their beards and turbans.
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