28-year-old Sikh man in the UK faces racial abuse

A 28-year-old Sikh man in the UK, competing in a popular television bakery show, has suffered racial abuse after appearing in the first two episodes of the show

London: A 28-year-old Sikh man in the UK, competing in a popular television bakery show, has suffered racial abuse after appearing in the first two episodes of the show.

Rav Bansal

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Rav Bansal, who has proved popular on 'The Great British Bake Off', said a stranger asked him whether he was a "Paki" when referring to the show as the "not-so-British Bake Off".

"So today I was asked 'Are you the p*ki on the not so British bake off?' Really, in 2016?," he questioned on Twitter yesterday.

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