Sikh Student News Today

The Consulate General of India in Vancouver has strongly condemned the assault on a Sikh student in Canada's British Columbia province and called for prompt action against perpetrators.

The 17-year-old Sikh student was either bear or pepper sprayed by another teenaged male after exiting a public transit bus on his way home.

The incident took place on September 11 when the 17-year-old student, who has not been named, was on his way home from school in Kelowna

The incident happened at the intersection of Rutland Road South and Robson Road East in Kelowna shortly before 4 pm on Monday," the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said on Wednesday.

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 A court in Australia's Queensland state has overturned a law that banned Sikh students to wear a kirpan, a religious article in Sikhism, on campus, calling the legislation "unconstitutional".

Senators voted unanimously to pass two resolutions at Tuesday night's meeting.

The victim has been identified as Gagandeep Singh, who was assaulted while heading home on Friday night.

The United States-based North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) has strongly condemned the incident in which a Sikh student at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte was allegedly detained on the campus for wearing kirpan.

After the incident, the Sikh student also took to social media and shared a video of the incident. In his tweet, the Sikh student said that he was "handcuffed" when he resisted the campus police officer, who wanted to take out his kirpan. �� Sikh Student Detained for Wearing Kirpan in US: University of North Carolina Issues Apology, Says ‘Committed to Ensuring It Doesn’t Happen Again’.