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India calls Italian envoy over Sikh leaders being asked to remove turban in Rome
Updated On: 08 August, 2013 11:09 PM IST | | PTI
The Sikh delegation, which included the President of Delhi Gurudwara Management Committee, was asked to remove turbans at the Rome International Airport on August 6 following which the Indian Embassy in Rome had taken the matter up with the airport authorities as well as with the Italian Foreign Office.
Italian Ambassador Daniele Mancini was on Thursday called to the External Affairs Ministry, which stressed upon the need for being sensitive towards concerns of Sikhs regarding turbans following an incident at Rome Airport when a Sikh delegation was asked to remove headgears during security checking.
Mancini was called by Secretary (West) Sudhir Vyas and sensitivity of the situation was impressed on, official sources said here.
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