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Shilpa Shetty racially 'abused' at Sydney airport, hits back at officials

News Nation Bureau New Delhi Updated on: 23 Sep 2018, 22:41 PM

Bollywood diva Shilpa Shetty complained of racism at an Australian airport and took to social media to talk about her ordeal. The actor was traveling from Sydney to Melbourne, when she reportedly encountered one of Qantas Airways' "grumpy" ground staffers who was ofensive and ""unnecessarily" rude to her".

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Putting up a brave face, The ‘Dhadkan’ actor posted all that she faced on Instagram. She alleged in her post that the behaviour by the airline staffer was racially motivated and wanted Quantas Airways to take notice of the incident. "This piece is only for Quantas airlines to know and take cognisance that their staff must be taught to be helpful and tone can't change with preference to colour. (sic)"

She shared a picture of her with a bag which was apparently called oversized and was denied to be taken as cabin luggage. She complained about the staff for using a harsh tone and called out loud that “"WE” are NOT #pushovers and they MUST know that being #callous and #Rude will NOT BE TOLERATED 🙏✋🏼💔. Ps: Please tell me if that bag in the picture is oversized??!! (sic)”

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Check out her Instagram post:

This is not the first time that this diva has been subjected to racism. She faced flak when she was contesting for Celebrity Big Brother in 2007. But Shilpa kept her stand and returned home with her head held high by actually winning the show.

She had made India proud back then and even today! 

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First Published : 23 Sep 2018, 16:47 PM

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