After Shah Rukh Khan, Indian music director Santhosh Narayanan gets stopped at International Airport

About a year ago, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan tweeted about how he was stopped and detained at the US airport every time he takes a trip to the country. Despite the national debate over the repetitiveness of the incident (SRK was also detained in 2009 and 2012) , there were no comments or statements from the US immigrant officials. Now, as if taking cue from their US counterparts, the Australian airport has apparently stopped Tamil music director Santhosh Narayanan and just like SRK, the musician took to his twitter account to express disappointment over the incident. He wrote :

I was “randomly” picked up for the 8th time in a row at the Sydney airport for a chemical substance test and a rude officer insulted my intelligence. Racial profiling needs to stop. @SydneyAirport

— Santhosh Narayanan (@Music_Santhosh) November 16, 2017

Unlike US, Sydney immediately responded and issued the following explanation :

Hi Santhosh, thanks for reaching out to us, our aim is to provide all passengers with a positive experience. 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 1/3

— Sydney Airport ✈️ (@SydneyAirport) November 17, 2017

2/3 detection (ETD) method. 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

— Sydney Airport ✈️ (@SydneyAirport) November 17, 2017

3/3 an equal probability of being selected. We hope this explains the method to screening. Sydney Airport

— Sydney Airport ✈️ (@SydneyAirport) November 17, 2017

Thanks @SydneyAirport for the response.I wholeheartedly vouch for any public safety measure taken for any number of times in a row.Please do not let some officers misuse this based on their personal racial preferences.

— Santhosh Narayanan (@Music_Santhosh) November 17, 2017

While some people explained how the checkup is routine in Sydney, some took offence to the search and termed it as "racial profiling"