Sikh Driver In Sacked Uk For Defecating

sadh ka sang · July 17, 2008

(Why does British media always jump on every opportunity to highlight a person's ethincity/religion?)

Posted online: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 04:34:35

Updated: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 04:34:35

London, July 16: A Sikh bus driver in Britain who was sacked after a

passenger said she saw him defecating near a supermarket has denied

the complaint at an employment tribunal saying it was motivated by racism.

Pargat Singh, 63, claimed he was dismissed by Travel West Midlands

without any reason. He said the complaint in October was motivated by

racism. However, he admits that he went behind a wall to urinate but

did not know he was being observed. The firm said his account still

made him guilty of gross misconduct.

Travel West Midlands' staff performance manager Jyoti Kapoor told the

tribunal in Birmingham a customer had claimed the driver had

committed "an act of gross indecency" near a store close to

Coventry's Ricoh Arena on 3 October last year.

The woman, who refused to give her first name or contact details,

alleged he had climbed over a picket fence and defecated on a grass verge.

The passenger said he then wiped his hands on the bars of the fence

before returning to his bus. Kapoor also said the passenger claimed

Singh was abusive to her. "I considered that the passenger complaint

was credible," she said.

"He - Singh - accepted that the passenger had challenged him about

washing his hands when he returned to the vehicle," she was quoted as

saying by the BBC.

"Had driver Singh said the passenger was wrong or that she was lying

then my approach would have been different." She said even if his

employer believed his account of events he was still guilty of gross

misconduct. Singh is being backed by the Unite trade union in his case.

Bored · July 17, 2008

bcuz its an article speaking of racism and the veiwer would need to know what race was being attacked.

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