Indian man wearing dhoti stopped from travelling in Dubai Metro

[Ayush]

Indian man wearing dhoti stopped from travelling in Dubai Metro - The Times of India

DUBAI: A 67-year-old Indian visitor was stopped from entering the Dubai Metro, apparently for wearing a traditional Indian dress - dhoti.


According to the victim's daughter Madhumati, a policeman stopped them near the punching gates of the Etisalat Metro Station on last Saturday and told her father that this dress was not allowed and he could not go on the metro wearing it.

"I pleaded with him to let us go... But the policeman wouldn't hear a word. It was really embarrassing and my father was really upset," she was quoted as saying by the Gulf News.

Madhumati said that she tried her best to explain to the policeman that the dhoti was an Indian traditional dress, which covers the body fully but to no avail.

She said her father, who is on a visit to Dubai, had travelled on the Metro wearing the same dress on various occasions but had never been stopped.

According to the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), it has no official dress code or policy.

"What has happened is really surprising. There is no official restriction from the RTA and we have not given instructions on dress codes," said Ramadan Abdullah, director of operations at the RTA's rail agency.

"I think anything that covers the body and is respectable should be allowed. I believe it was a personal reaction on the part of the policeman and this matter will be investigated."

Abdullah urged the victim to approach the RTA with details of the incident which would help in the investigation.

Madhumati has lodged a formal complaint in the matter.

 

[Android]

That's Racism

 

[livingdead]

did he expose himself to the dubai women...

 

[Lalashersingh]

to be honest indians never wear dhoti in the west and I am sure people in the west will stop him too, especially if he is exposing too much. Dubai is a international city and people need to follow international clothing standards, not clothing from their villages

 

[Aka123]

This is a dhoti............ if you wear it properly it never expose. I wear dhoti in US during festival and nobody stops me. Rather last time a cop asked me, 'what's dress is that ? when I said it's Indian traditional wear, he said gorgeous dress you wear!'

 

[livingdead]

to be honest indians never wear dhoti in the west and I am sure people in the west will stop him too, especially if he is exposing too much. Dubai is a international city and people need to follow international clothing standards, not clothing from their villages

I wear half pants... in summer... here.. dubai is always hot.. dhoti kurta should be made compulsory there..

 

[Ayush]

This is a dhoti............ if you wear it properly it never expose. I wear dhoti in US during festival and nobody stops me. Rather last time a cop asked me, 'what's dress is that ? when I said it's Indian traditional wear, he said gorgeous dress you wear!'

So, , which one of them is you?

 

[darkinsky]

it was safety precaution, metro me kabhi kabhi dhoti uthar bhi jaate he

 

[Ayush]

it was safety precaution, metro me kabhi kabhi dhoti uthar bhi jaate he

Dhoti to hamare bihar mein bhi pehente hain..

 

[livingdead]

@Aka123 .. you wear dhoti.. do you even know how to wear .. or wear elastic one..

 

[darkinsky]

Dhoti to hamare bihar mein bhi pehente hain..

tu me kya karun

@Aka123 .. you wear dhoti.. do you even know how to wear .. or wear elastic one..

you guys also wear elastic dhoti

 

[Ayush]

tu me kya karun

Kucch nahi yaar. Just saying

 

[darkinsky]

Kucch nahi yaar. Just saying

just saying why?

me kya behar me rehta hn

 

[A.Rafay]

That's Racism

Its not Racism! Its preventing rapes that indians do! a day or two ago a indian raped a seven year old girl in school cafeteria in Dubai!! What do you expect?? The cop did the right thing! Dhotis should be banned!

 

[darkinsky]

imagine indian army wearing dhoti

kitne jaldi utre ge