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India's ambassador Meera Shankar frisked at US airport | Indian Ambassador to the US Meera Shankar was recently patted down by an American security agent at the Jackson - Evers International Airport in Mississippi. The incident took
place on December 4 where Shankar was about to board a flight to Baltimore after
attending the Mississippi State University's programme. Those who witnessed the
ambassador's screening said officers told her that she was singled out because
of the way she was dressed. Shankar was wearing a sari. She was taken to a VIP
waiting room despite being told she was an ambassador. She was later pulled from
a security line and patted down by a female Transportation Security Administration
agent. Shankar presented her diplomatic papers to officers and was escorted by
a Mississippi Development Authority representative. However, a Transportation
Security Administration spokesman said diplomats are not exempt from the searches
and that Shankar "was screened in accordance with TSA's security policies and
procedures." Officials at the Indian embassy in Washington declined to discuss
what happened.
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