Sikh Removes Turban Breaking Religious Rule To Help Bleeding Child In New Zealand

One 22-year-old Sikh man overstepped his religious rules and removed his turban to help a profusely bleeding child after an accident on a road in New Zealand, according to ibnlive.

Harman Singh heard the cry of a five- year-old boy who was hit by a car while walking to school with his elder sister.

When he heard the car wheels screech and people shouting, he rushed to the spot, and then removed his turban to help the child, whose head was bleeding.

"I wasn't thinking about the turban. I was thinking about the accident and I just thought that he needs something on his head because he's bleeding. That's my job to help," Singh said to nzherald.

Although he does not remove his 'siropa' or turban in public, Singh said that religious rules permit Sikhs to take action in emergencies and allow them to help others, said the report.

The five-year-old was quickly transported to a hospital nearby. At first he was thought to have lost his life, but soon he turned around.

An eyewitness to the whole episode, Gagan Dhillon clicked a picture of Singh with the child and posted it on social networking site Facebook with a caption "So proud of this young Sikh man who helped at a crash this morning where a child was hit by a car."

Being a Sikh, Dhillon said that removing a turban to help a stranger on the street is rare. "There was enough help as there was, but being a Sikh myself, I know what type of respect the turban has. People just don't take it off - people die over it," he said.

Netizens praised Singh for his action, considered a hugely significant act of humanity, by breaking strict religious protocol to help a stranger.