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| Armaan Singh Sarai with cousin Ginee Haer - Facebook photo |
A Sikh boy from Texas Armaan Singh Sarai, 12, was arrested and put in a juvenile detention centre for three days on the charge of joking about carrying a bomb.
Dallas police were unaware or disregarded that fact that Armaan was born with a heart condition that has made him go through three open heart surgeries.
A Facebook post by his cousin Ginee Haer gives a different version of the incident and says a class bully made a false complaint that Armaan had a bomb hidden in his school bag. And teachers called the police.
The Facebook post by his cousin went viral and has been shared 7,000 times. It also alerted the local and international media on the incident.
Ginee Haer says on December 11th, 2015, after the false accusation was made the principal, without any questioning, interrogation, or notification to his parents, called the police.
It also alleges that the police did not inform the family that they had taken Armaan to custody. Worried that he had not returned home, his family called every police department in the area, only to find out he was sent to a Juvenile facility.
Armaan was released on December 15th.
The police allege that Armaan had admitted to saying in jest that he had a bomb and that he would blow up the school.
The police checked his backpack and concluded that he did not pose any security threat. But thy still arrested him, as making a “terroristic threat” is a felony.
Armaan's detention follows another Texas incident in which police had handcuffed a Muslim teen Ahmed Mohamed, who had brought a digital clock to school.
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| Arlington school from where Armaan was arrested |
This goofball on the left in this picture is my 12 year old cousin, Armaan Singh Sarai. He was born and raised in Texas...
Posted by Ginee Haer on Tuesday, December 15, 2015