Sikh man in N Zealand lauded worldwide for his selfless act

A day after a Sikh man from India broke religious protocol by removing his turban to help a profusely bleeding child in New Zealand, people are praising him on the social networking sites for his humanitarian gesture, a media report said on Sunday.

The story of 22-year-old Harman Singh has been shared tens of thousands of times on social media as he woke up yesterday to hundreds of messages from around the world praising his humanitarian effort.

A picture of him setting aside religious protocol by removing his turban to cradle a boy hit by a car has turned him into an instant hero, New Zealand Herald reported.

Singh has since received hundreds of Facebook <g data-gr-id="15">herograms</g> from as far afield as the US, Europe and India, the report said. He was overwhelmed at the number of messages of support from around the globe. “Total strangers are asking to be friends on Facebook and thousands of people have said ‘Well done’. I was only doing what I had to and trying to be a decent member of the community,” he said.