Dancer and choreographer Salman Yusuf Khan, in a video posted on Instagram, alleged that he was insulted by an immigration officer at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru for not knowing the Kannada language. Khan narrated the incident on his Insta profile, stating that the officer interrogated and threatened him for not knowing the Kannada language despite being born in Bengaluru. However, Khan confronts the officer and also decides to complain about the officer to the airport authorities, but to no avail. He said that he felt humiliated and intimidated by the actions of the immigration officer.
Khan said on his social media, “I am proud to be a Bangalorean. But, what I have faced today is unacceptable. You should always encourage people to learn any local language but don’t They should not be humiliated to know. And it should include the name of their parents.” media account. The dancer further added, “The good thing is that I get a chance to represent my city and win a national award, that I have to prove myself in front of these uneducated people at the Bengaluru airport.”
Khan said in the video, “Just finished immigration and went through a very harrowing incident and let me go live and report it. On my way to Dubai, I meet this immigration officer who speaks to me in Kannada I talk..and I talk in broken language.” Kannada tries to tell him that I understand the language but can’t speak that well.”
Khan further said, “to which he continues to speak in Kannada and shows me my passport and tells my name and my place of birth and my father’s name and his place of birth. He has the audacity to tell me that you and Your father was born in India.” Bangalore and you cannot speak Kannada. To which I replied that being born in Bengaluru does not mean that I am born with the language.”
“I could have been born in Bangalore and travel the world like I have always been brought up in Saudi Arabia. I never had Kannada as a language as I never lived in the country during my schooling , everything I know is completely.” My friend. He even says that if you cannot speak Kannada then I can doubt you.”
“I told him that I know Hindi, the official language of my country and why should I know Kannada. I asked him again why he should doubt me? A little louder and repeated “try me” thrice.
” to which he remained silent. I told him that this country will never develop if uneducated people like you stay in this country. To which he kept his head down and grumbled. Tried to report the incident to the airport authorities. But no one seems to be guiding me,” Khan said.