Thursday, December 17, 2015

12-year-old Sikh boy arrested in US after classmate accuses him of carrying a bomb


Armaan Singh Sarai, a 12-year-old boy from an American-Sikh family, was arrested by the Dallas police on December 11 and held for three consecutive days after he was accused by a “bully” in his class of carrying a bomb to school, claims his cousin in a Facebook post.  

Ginee Haer, who claims to be Armaan’s cousin, took to Facebook to describe the boy’s ordeal. Describing Armaan as a “goofball”, Haer tells us how her cousin was born and raised in Texas and recently moved to Dallas with his family. 

The post goes on to describe Armaan’s congenital heart condition, which has led him to having three open heart surgeries. This she said  had already made settling in a new location difficult. 

According to Haer, Armaan was arrested by the police on December 11 on the basis of an accusation by one of his school-mates. Haer writes: “A bully in class thought it would be funny to accuse him of having a bomb, and so the principal, without any questioning, interrogation, or notification to his parents, called the police.”

Haer goes on to describe how Armaan’s family contacted every police department in the area in a bid to locate him, only to find out that he had been sent to a juvenile facility. 

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