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13 December 2010
Last updated at 04:57 ET
India's foreign ministry has expressed concern that another of its diplomats has been subjected to a security search at a US airport, Indian media report.
It has emerged that India's UN envoy, Hardeep Puri, was asked to remove his turban at an airport in Houston, Texas, two weeks ago, according to reports.
When the Sikh refused to let his turban be searched, he was detained in a "holding room", say Indian media.
India's US ambassador Meera Shankar was frisked at a US airport this month.
Foreign Minister SM Krishna is expected soon to address the media in New Delhi over the incident involving Mr Puri.
There was uproar in the country after Ms Shankar was subjected to a hands-on search at an airport in Mississippi, even after her diplomatic status had been revealed.
The ambassador had been picked out of a security line at Jackson-Evers International on 4 December simply because she was wearing a sari, it was claimed.
US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said at the time the search had been "appropriate".
Shoes removed
But US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed concern about the incident after India's external affairs ministry called it unacceptable.
Some Indian opposition politicians asked the government to subject the US envoy to security searches on flights.
Last year, Continental Airlines apologised to former Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam for frisking him before he boarded a flight to the US.
India was outraged after it emerged that Mr Kalam had been frisked and made to remove his shoes at Delhi airport in April.
Protocol is meant to exempt former presidents and other dignitaries from such searches.
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It has emerged that India's UN envoy, Hardeep Puri, was asked to remove his turban at an airport in Houston, Texas, two weeks ago, according to reports.
When the Sikh refused to let his turban be searched, he was detained in a "holding room", say Indian media.
India's US ambassador Meera Shankar was frisked at a US airport this month.
Foreign Minister SM Krishna is expected soon to address the media in New Delhi over the incident involving Mr Puri.
There was uproar in the country after Ms Shankar was subjected to a hands-on search at an airport in Mississippi, even after her diplomatic status had been revealed.
The ambassador had been picked out of a security line at Jackson-Evers International on 4 December simply because she was wearing a sari, it was claimed.
US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said at the time the search had been "appropriate".
Shoes removed
But US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed concern about the incident after India's external affairs ministry called it unacceptable.
Some Indian opposition politicians asked the government to subject the US envoy to security searches on flights.
Last year, Continental Airlines apologised to former Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam for frisking him before he boarded a flight to the US.
India was outraged after it emerged that Mr Kalam had been frisked and made to remove his shoes at Delhi airport in April.
Protocol is meant to exempt former presidents and other dignitaries from such searches.
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