A Sikh law student in the U.K. felt “victimised” after he was evicted from a bar because he was wearing a turban, media reports said.
Amrik Singh, 22, claimed that he was ordered to leave Rush Late Bar in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, on Friday for wearing his religious headgear, BBC reported.
Mr. Singh was told that the bar had a “no headwear” policy. He tried to explain to a bouncer who approached him that the turban protected his hair and was part of his religion. But his pleas were ignored — and he was “dragged away” from his friends before being removed from the venue, the report said.
Mr. Singh wrote on Facebook that he was “heartbroken”. “The reason why I was removed was because I refused to remove my turban.”
“I explained that a turban isn’t just headgear, but part of my religion and that it protected my hair - and that I was allowed to wear a turban in public,” he said.
“The bouncer ignored this and said I needed to take it off. I refused and was subsequently dragged away from my friends,” he added.
“The worst part of it was the fact he compared my turban to wearing a pair of trainers,” Mr. Singh, a final year law student at Nottingham Trent University, added.
The management apologised and said the staff involved faced suspension pending an investigation.
In a statement to the Labour Councillor for Mansfield, Sonya Ward, Rush Late Bar said that it was not their policy. “Good morning, this is absolutely NOT our policy. We are investigating this incident and the security member in question has been suspended,” Ward shared the statement on Twitter.
