A video is going viral on social media with the claim that a Sikh man carrying a kirpan was harassed by security personnel at a Delhi Metro station. Sharing the video, the handle Tanveer Rangrez wrote, “A case of harassment of a Sikh man by security personnel at a Delhi Metro station has come to light. He was asked to take out the kirpan and show it, but the Sikh man said that the kirpan is not supposed to be taken out.” (Archived link)
दिल्ली मेट्रो स्टेशन पर सिक्योरिटी के द्वारा एक सिख लड़के को परेशान करने का मामला सामने आया
— TANVIR RANGREZ (@virjust18) January 25, 2025
उसको किरपान को बाहर निकाल कर दिखाने के लिए बोला गया जबकि किरपान को बाहर निकलना एलाऊ नहीं है ऐसा कहा सिख युवा ने ,,, pic.twitter.com/BLWJU4tRdk
Another user Indrajeet Barak stated, “A young Sikh with a sword was not allowed to enter the station. If this is allowed then it should be allowed. Rest of the people who hate Sikhs are everywhere in the country.” (Archived link)
एक युवा सिक्ख को कृपाण के साथ स्टेशन में नहीं जाने दिया।
— Inderjeet Barak🌾 (@inderjeetbarak) January 24, 2025
ये अलाउड है तो इसे जाने देना चाहिए।
बाकी सिक्खों से नफरत करने वाले देश में हर जगह हैं।#SikhMatters pic.twitter.com/V3rUEW3QPl
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Fact Check
In our fact-check, we extracted keyframes from the viral video and performed a reverse image search. During this process, we found the same video uploaded by Patiala Politics on YouTube with the title ‘SGPC chief condemns stopping of Sikh youth wearing kirpan from entering Delhi Metro station.’ It was found that the viral video dates back to April 2022 and is not recent.
Next, we found a report by Dainik Bhaskar stating that in April 2022, an incident occurred at a Delhi Metro station where a Sikh man carrying a kirpan was asked by a CRPF personnel to remove his kirpan and have its size checked. However, the Sikh man objected to this and recorded a video of the incident.
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) President, Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, condemned the incident. He mentioned that the Civil Aviation Ministry had recently issued a notification banning Amritdhari Sikh youth from wearing kirpans at airports, which was later withdrawn following protests by the SGPC. He further stated that now a policeman at a Delhi Metro station was forcing an Amritdhari youth to remove the kirpan and have its size checked. He emphasized that a large number of Sikhs live in Delhi, and no resident of the capital is unfamiliar with the religious symbols of the Sikhs. He also alleged that the incident was deliberate and called for strict action against the culprits.
| Claim | A Sikh man was forcibly stopped at a Delhi Metro station by CRPF personnel, who asked him to remove his kirpan and have its size checked. |
| Claimed by | Social media users |
| Conclusion | The video is not recent; the incident occurred in April 2022 when a Sikh man was stopped at a Delhi Metro station and asked to have his kirpan’s size checked. The SGPC president strongly condemned the incident. |
