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Police in Hitchin hold Sikh man at gunpoint after misunderstanding

Sukhi Rayat and his family had police burst into their home.

By: Sarwar Alam

A 47-year-old Sikh man and his son were held at gunpoint and handcuffed by police in southern England after someone complained about hearing a gunshot – which was actually his cars tyre blowing. Sukhi Rayat parked his car in his yard in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. Shortly after a dozen armed policemen with dogs ran into his garden, then pushed him against a wall and put him in handcuffs. “Id been sitting in my car for a minute because I was calling the company I lease it from. As soon as I stepped out, police came out of nowhere with the dogs…

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