March 23, 2011 9:13 PM

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New Delhi summons Italian envoy; Lodges strong protest over incident involving Milkha’s coach

New Delhi on Wednesday summoned Italian envoy Giacomo Sanfelice di Monteforte and lodged a strong protest over the incident involving leading golfer Jeev Milkha Singh's coach Amritinder Singh at Milan Airport on Tuesday. The coach was asked to take off his turban for the second time in last one week during security check at Milan airport. The incident created furore in Parliament also. A release issued by the Minister of External Affairs in New Delhi said the Secretary (West) Vivek Katju summoned the Ambassador and conveyed New Delhi's utter unhappiness at this serious incident. He asked the Ambassador to transmit India's strong feelings to the Italian authorities, at the highest level. Katju urged the Italian authorities to show necessary sensitivity in such cases. The Italian Ambassador expressed deep regret over the incident and said that Italian authorities at the highest level have been seized of the matter and a probe is being conducted into the incident. The matter figured in the Rajya Sabha and External Affairs Minister S M Krishna assured the House that the issue will be taken up with Italy.

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