Amtrak Bus Driver Refuses To Allow Sikh Student To Board Wearing Kirpan

In Davis, California last Saturday, an Amtrak bus driver barred a Sikh college student from boarding the bus that connects with a train in Sacramento because the student was wearing his kirpan (Sikh ceremonial dagger). According to the Davis Enterprise, 20-year old managerial economics student Harsimran Singh had often worn his kirpan on this same bus. This time however, the driver called police when he spotted the 9-inch kirpan, and refused to allow Singh to board unless he would place the kirpan in his back pack and store it in the bus luggage compartment.  The Sikh faith requires wearing the kirpan next to one's body.