SGPC flays arrest of Sikh student in University of North Carolina for wearing ‘kirpan’

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Updated At : 11:16 AM Sep 25, 2022 IST

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Amritsar, September 24

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) today flayed the arrest of ‘Amritdhari’ Sikh student at the University of North Carolina, US, by the police for wearing a ‘kirpan’.

SGPC chief Harjinder Singh Dhami termed the incident highly objectionable and urged External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Indian Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, to look into the matter. The incident in which a cop can be seen handcuffing the student has gone viral.

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