Scotland Yard faces 'Hindu girl' race discrimination charges

September 11, 2016 17:54

Scotland Yard is facing allegations of racial discrimination including by a British-Indian woman officer who was called a "good little Hindu girl".

Legal firm Equal Justice this weekend disclosed details to 'The Sunday Times' of six new discrimination claims, involving race, sex and gender, being lodged against the Metropolitan police.

Lawrence Davies, head of Equal Justice, has allegedly provided details of six new anonymised claims to show the scale of the challenge in stopping discrimination within the force.

It is alleged in one case a British-Indian woman detective was described as a "good little Hindu girl" and another was told by male colleagues: "You need to grow a beard, shout more and be more masculine."

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