New York:
A Sikh student in the US was not allowed to board a bus because he was wearing a knife called kirpan, media reported.
Harsimran Singh, a student of University of California in Davis, said he was not allowed to board an Amtrak bus on Saturday because the driver was against him wearing the ceremonial knife.
The student said he has travelled for the last two years with the knife in full view and had not had any issues till the incident on Saturday, CBS News reported.
"They don't say anything. They always wish me safe travel, and they continue on with their business... they didn't see me as a potential threat," he said.
According to the report, bus driver Al Smithee got concerned at the presence of a weapon on the bus. Smithee then called the police who then told the student that he could board the bus if he stowed the kirpan.