Indian police worker who claimed her colleagues were ‘KKK members’ and having flexible shifts was ‘white privilege’ loses race discrimination case

A police worker who claimed her colleagues were members of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) has lost her race discrimination case.

Neelam Puri, 59, who is from an Indian-Asian background, sued the Scottish Police Authority at an employment tribunal after making the ‘ludicrous’ suggestion that members of the police force were part of the white supremacist group.

Mrs Puri raised concerns after she heard co-workers having a discussion about how ‘the KKK had Scottish roots’, which made her feel ‘unsafe’.