Singer Adnan Sami staff called 'Indian dogs' at Kuwait airport; Sushma takes note

Sami had gone to Kuwait for a concert, where he faced humiliation as his staff was called “Indian dogs” by the immigration officers and “mistreated” for no reason.

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New Delhi: We have heard incidents of ill-treatment of Indian celebrities abroad, over their religion and nationality. Now, singer Adnan Sami on Sunday took to his social media and complained of being mistreated at Kuwaiti airport by the immigration staff. Sami had gone to Kuwait for a concert, where he faced humiliation as his staff was called “Indian dogs” by the immigration officers and “mistreated” for no reason.

@indembkwt We came 2 ur city wt luv & our Indian brethren embraced us with it. U gave no support. Kuwaiti airport immigration mistreated my staff 4 no reason & called thm ‘Indian Dogs’! Wn u wr contacted u did nothing!! How dare d Kuwaitis behave like this with arrogance?! pic.twitter.com/9OPfuPiTW1

— Adnan Sami (@AdnanSamiLive) May 6, 2018

Soon after Indian government took cognizance of the matter and MoS (Home Affairs) Kiren Rijiju responded to Sami’s tweet and said “Sorry to learn that @AdnanSamiLive. Our most dynamic EAM @SushmaSwaraj ji has acknowledged your matter. Pls speak to her now”.

Sorry to learn that @AdnanSamiLive. Our most dynamic EAM @SushmaSwaraj ji has acknowledged your matter. Pls speak to her now. https://t.co/eHRSMkkkoY

— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) May 6, 2018

Sami responded to Rijiju’s tweet by saying, “Thank you so much for your concern my dear. @SushmaSwaraj is a lady full of heart & she is in touch with me & is looking after our people. I’m so proud that she is our foreign minister & looks after us all over the world”. Sami, who was earlier a Pakistani citizen, sought Indian citizenship in 2015. He submitted a request for Indian citizenship when his Pakistani passport expired, and it wasn’t renewed by the Pak government. Soon MHA of India approved his request and he was granted an Indian citizenship.