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India's Ambassador to the U.S. Outraged After Being Subjected to a Security Pat-down By TSA at Mississippi Airport
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wapt 16Read more at www.hapblog.comState officials are issuing an apology and calling for an investigation after an Indian ambassador to the U.S. was patted down at the Jackson-Evers International Airport.
Ambassador Meera Shankar was in Mississippi last weekend to talk business trade. Janos Radvanyi, chair of Mississippi State University's international studies department, said Meera Shankar, 60, spoke at a university program last Friday.
Radvanyi said a Jackson police officer escorted Shankar to the airport on Saturday for her flight to Baltimore. The officer informed airport police that Shankar was an ambassador, but she was later pulled from a security line and patted down by a female TSA agent, the officer said.
Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant said the state has asked for an investigation. He said this wasn't just a random search of a passenger
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