Chandigarh, Sep 28 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Sunday urged Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu to ensure exemplary punishment to Air India staff members who allegedly humiliated and insulted a Sikh passenger, besides stressing the need to sensitise airline staff not to pick on articles of faith of passengers.

In a letter to the Union Minister, the Bathinda MP said a Sikh passenger, Jeewan Singh, from Tamil Nadu, was humiliated and insulted by Air India staffers at the New Delhi international airport when he was scheduled to board a flight for Singapore on Wednesday.

She explained that Jeewan Singh, who had embraced Sikhism in 2023 and sported an unshorn beard, was humiliated and harassed on the basis of his perceived

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