Indian film music composer Santosh Narayanan has accused the Sydney Airport authorities of racial profiling and alleges that an officer insulted him.
Mr Narayanan who scored the music of Tamil superstar Rajinikanth-starrer Kabali, took to Twitter and claimed he was randomly picked up for screening and that a “rude” officer insulted him.
However, Sydney Airport authorities denied Mr Narayanan's claims and said screening passengers on a continuous basis was a security requirement.
“Screening standards are set by the government. Screening officers are required to select people on a random and continuous basis for screening with the explosive trace detection method,” it said in a series of tweets.
“This means that as soon as the last person is cleared, the screening officer selects the next person going through security. Under this arrangement, persons passing through the screening point have an equal probability of being selected,” Sydney Airport authorities explained to Mr Narayanan.
The music director said he wholeheartedly supports the security measures put in place by the authorities, however, he said some officers were misusing those for "their personal racial preferences".
