According to reports, Puri, India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, was asked by airport officials to remove his turban during a security check two weeks back at Huston Airport.
When Puri refused to remove his turban, the officials made him to wait for over half-an-hour in a 'holding room'. India has lodged an official protest through its Consulate General in Huston with the US authorities, sources said here.
On December 4, Shankar, was pulled from an airport security line and patted down by an American security agent in Mississippi despite informing them of her diplomatic status.
Shankar was subjected to an enhanced security pat-down at the Jackson-Evers International Airport in Mississippi, ostensibly because she was dressed in a sari.