London: A 37-year-old Sikh’s turban was ripped by a white man shouting “Muslim go back” outside the UK parliament, according to a media report.
Ravneet Singh, who is from Punjab, was waiting to enter the Portcullis House, part of the British Parliamentary Estate, to meet Sikh Labour MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi when the assault took place on Wednesday.
Mr Singh said he was waiting in the queue when the man, who was shouting “Muslim go back”, approached him and tried to remove his turban. “I was in the queue outside Portcullis House and this guy ran up to us. Just before we got to the entrance he came up to me and attacked me. “He was pulling at my turban strongly. It half moved and I grabbed it. Before he could do anything else I shouted at him and he ran,” Mr Singh was quoted as saying.
Mr Singh said the man made a “racist comment” in another language that he did not understand.
“He was a white man, but he didn’t sound English,” he added.
Dhesi, who was to host Singh, expressed “disgust” at the incident and sought action against the culprit.
