New York: In a first of its kind lawsuit, a decorated Sikh-American soldier has sued the US military, alleging that he is being subjected to “discriminatory” testing that no other soldier in the US Army goes through, because of his religious beliefs.

Captain Simratpal Singh (28) was in December last year granted a temporary religious accommodation to serve in the US Army while maintaining his Sikh turban, unshorn hair and beard. Pic/Sikh Coalition