The incident took place when the Sikh boy was on his way back home on the school bus. �While Harjeet was on his way back home,�three individuals�came up to him from the back and mocked�him whilst on the bus. �Soon after this they manhandled him and alledged pulled off his turban.��As per reports, he was also threatened and stabbed.
The Victoria Police Department registered a complaint against the unidentified assailants and the case is currently under investigation.
Family members have condemned the incident and expressed shock. �”Our who family has been affected, but our priority is to protect other Sikhs from similar treatment,” Harjeet’s mother Rajinder Kaur Gill said.
“To hit me, I can bear that. But this, this is hard to even say that they hit my son’s turban and tried to pull it off. This is the biggest insult,” she said.