It has been claimed a Muslim man was told to get off a Tube train in North London after another commuter objected to the way he used his iPad.

Onlookers said a passenger was ‘offended’ when an ‘Arabic-looking’ man turned off his tablet when he realised the passenger was looking at the screen.

A witness told the Evening Standard: ‘There was a guy stood up, dressed smartly with a man bag.

‘He wasn’t being overtly aggressive but he had clearly taken offence to something another passenger had done.

‘I saw people reacting so I took my headphones off and realised he was asking someone who looked Arabic to get off the train amongst other things because he felt threatened by him.’

This Muslim commuter was left shocked before getting off the Piccadilly Line train despite various other passengers rising to his defence.

The witness added: ‘Apparently he had turned off his iPad as the smartly dressed man had looked at it, this was deemed to be “suspicious” in his eyes.

‘A couple of women, one sitting down, one standing up immediately interjected; the Arabic man looked pretty shocked and clearly didn’t know what to do.

‘I think he wanted to fight his corner but, thankfully plenty of people stood in between and stopped anything escalating.’

The British Transport Police (BTP) has called for victims of hate crimes to report their abusers.

A BTP spokesperson said: ‘Everyone has the right to travel safely, and nobody should feel threatened on the rail network.

‘Anyone who has been a victim of hate crime or has witnessed an incident should contact BTP by texting 61016 or calling 0800 40 50 40.’