A Sikh senior commander with Jet Airways on Tuesday was asked to take off his turban during security check for his Flight 141 to Delhi from the Milan airport. The incident happened just six months after the Italian governments promise against continuation of such a practice. After an uproar over the humiliation caused to golfer Jeev Milkha Singhs coach Amritinder Singh,who was made to take off his turban at the same airport in March this year,Italy had announced in June that Sikhs travelling to the country will no longer have to remove their turbans at the airports during security screening. I was operating a flight back to Delhi from Milan,when I was asked to take off my turban at the airport during security check. I had already been screened through the metal detector,and there was no beep to suggest anything suspicious, Captain Singh Dhupia,commander of the Jet Airways flight,said. I requested the security official and tried to reason with him the importance of a turban to a Sikh,but they publicly humiliated me and made me remove turban. I had to give in to their demand.
