Teenager arrested for allegedly cutting Sikh's hair

Observant Sikh Vacher Harpal had never had his hair cut until an older teenager at his high school chopped it off in what authorities are calling a hate crime.

The older youth, Umair Ahmed, 17, violated 15-year-old Harpal’s religious beliefs by forcibly removing Harpal’s turban and cutting his waist-length hair in a high school bathroom in the New York City borough of Queens, authorities said.