Kirpan के कारण Parramatta Stadium में Diljit Dosanjh शो रुक गया

Concertgoers heading to Diljit Dosanjh's concert have missed out after being told a Sikh dagger, called the Kirpan, is not allowed into Parramatta Stadium. NSW Venues says Kirpans are not permitted inside its spaces. A Sikh advocacy group says the dagger is an article of faith, not a weapon. Concertgoers who had tickets to see an Indian music superstar have been offered a refund after refusing to leave their Sikh dagger at the gate. On Sunday night, 25,000 people saw megastar Diljit Dosanjh's first stadium show in Australia in Western Sydney's Parramatta. Many in the crowd were from Dosanjh's Punjabi and Sikh community, some of whom wear the religious symbol in the shape of a small dagger known as a Kirpan. Director of the NSW branch of advocacy group United Sikhs Australia Randeep Singh Grewal said the Kirpan had deep religious significance and Sikhs were not allowed to remove it under any circumstance. Paramvir Singh Bimwal and his wife Sona paid $200 each for their tickets to attend Dosanjh's concert. The 50-year-old with a spinal injury said he fought through the pain to attend, but when security used a wand metal detector on him at the stadium's entrance, he was asked to step aside. "It's really disappointing to be here, and we were told right at the entrance to move aside," he said Mr Bimwal's Kirpan had triggered the device, and he was asked to remove it, place it in a box and was promised it would be given back to him after the show. He said it felt "very disrespectful and hurtful". "This is not a knife that I've picked up from my kitchen, and I've decided to break the law. It's an article of faith." Kirpans not allowed in NSW venues NSW Police said venue security asked officers to speak to a concertgoer who "refused to cloak a Kirpan". The police statement said "no offences were identified". "Officers spoke with the male patron who declined to cloak the Kirpan. He was then directed from the stadium and left without incident," it read. A spokesperson for Venues NSW, which owns and operates Parramatta Stadium says Kirpans are not permitted inside its venues. "We offer a secure, respectful and free cloaking service. This has been standard practice across the Venues NSW network for the past decade."