A bar in Nottinghamshire suspended an employee on Saturday after a Sikh man claimed he was “dragged” out of its premises for wearing a turban.
Law student Amrik Singh, 22, was asked to leave the bar on Friday night as it had a “no headwear” policy, BBC reported. He wrote on Facebook later that he had felt “victimised” and was “heartbroken”. He also posted an audio recording of the conversation he had with the head bouncer at the Rush Late Bar.
Singh has now taken down the audio clip and Facebook post, “in hopes it doesn’t effect [sic] any future proceedings”. He is heard saying in the clip that the turban is part of his religion, but he got the reply: “I didn’t think you were allowed to drink anyway.”
“I explained that a turban isn’t just headgear, but part of my religion and that I was allowed to wear a turban in public,” Singh wrote in his original Facebook post. “The bouncer ignored this and said I needed to take it off. I refused and was subsequently dragged away from my friends.”
On Saturday, the bar said on Facebook it was treating the incident “extremely seriously” and had launched a “thorough investigation”. The bar also said it had invited Singh back to “enjoy the rest of the evening”.
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