An incident came to light in sector 3 of Pithampur industrial area, in which the turban of a Sikh youth was forcefully removed. A police case has been registered in this regard in Bagdoon police station of Pithampur.
According to the sources the two youths Pritamsingh and Rakesh Raghuvansi reached in PEB lloyd Company. Pritamsingh told the security officer of the company Vishwajeet to check him in front of video camera. The security officer told him that your security check up can’t be done in front of video camera after this the Sikh youth’s security check was done in a separate room.
During the checkup the security officers of the company asked the Sikh youth to remove his turban for security check to which Pirtamsingh objected. The security officers did not listen to his objection and forcefully removed his turban and completed the security check up. After this, the people of Sikh community went to police station with Pritamsingh.
TI Pithampur police station Vinod Soni discussed this matter with the CSP Pithampur Vikram Singh. After this the police registered the case against the security officer Vishwajeet under IPC section 294 and 298.
The people of Sikh community have expressed their anger against this incident and very soon a representative of Sikh community of Pithampur is due to meet Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
The Chief Minister will be requested to take steps and create an environment which promotes maintaining the dignity of Sikhs in Pithampur industrial area.