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US Sikhs protest chopping of prisoner's hair
WSN Bureau  

NEW YORK: Sikhs in the United States have strongly condemned the alleged forcible cutting of hair of a Sikh prisoner in Florida state and a Sikh body has launched a signature campaign to pressurise the authorities to respect the community's religious sensibilities.

United Sikhs, a US-based advocacy group, has termed the incident, in which the hair of prisoner Jagmohan Singh Ahuja was allegedly chopped off by authorities in Duval County jail last month, as "gross violation" of Sikh religion rights.

The group claimed that Ahuja had asked a public defender to file a motion with the Duval county circuit court to stop officials from proceeding. In the motion, Ahuja asked the public defender to present evidence of the significance of kesh for Sikhs.

However, the motion was denied by Judge Russell Healey, the outfit said.

3 September 2008
 

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