Canada’s Brampton city is on the sting with fears of extra violence after clashes erupted between devotees and pro-Khalistani extremists exterior the Hindu Sabha temple in Ontario’s metropolis earlier this week.
1 / 4 of Brampton’s inhabitants is Sikh whereas one in 5 residents are Hindus. Each communities dwell side-by-side on this metropolis of about 7.50 lakh folks, Canadian web site The Globe And Mail reported.
Males armed with swords, baseball bats and items of lumber are retaining vigil exterior a gurdwara close to Toronto’s Pearson Airport. The prayers from the gurdwara are combined with Punjabi music blaring from a pickup truck close by.
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Sri Guru Singh Sabha Malton gurdwara in Ontario’s Mississauga advised the web site,”We now have to be prepared.”
Picture of Hindu devotees being allegedly attacked by Khalistani radicals at a Brampton temple. (HT File)
Earlier, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police claimed that they had proof in regards to the function of Indian authorities officers within the “killings, extortion and other violent crimes”. India has rejected the allegations as “motivated and absurd.”
New Delhi has not solely withdrawn its excessive commissioner but additionally expelled six Canadian diplomats from the nation.
In accordance with Ontario Chronicle report, the clashes exterior the Brampton temple compelled the municipal leaders to ponder new bylaws banning protests at locations of worship. In Surrey, three males had been additionally arrested after violence broke out when tons of of demonstrators confirmed up at a Hindu temple.
Arvind Mishra, a 35-year-old IT guide, moved to Canada from India about 4 years in the past. He advised the web site,”Hindus have had sufficient. They’re pissed off. They’re agitated and so they’re very, very offended. We really feel marginalised.”
Mishra claimed he was contained in the Hindu Sabha temple in Brampton together with his spouse and nine-month-old daughter final Sunday when the clashes erupted. The techie has blamed the Justin Trudeau authorities, accusing Ottawa of permitting pro-Khalistani sentiments as unchecked.
Inderjeet Singh Ghosal, an organiser at Sunday’s violent protest exterior the temple, claimed,”This isn’t a non secular battle. This isn’t a battle between Sikhs and Hindus. This wasn’t an try and assault anyplace of worship. The explanation we had been there to protest was strictly in opposition to the Indian authorities officers.”
On Sunday evening, 300 pro-India protesters, some masked and armed with bats, gathered on the close by Malton gurdwara, believed to have robust hyperlinks to pro-Khalistani extremists.
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The Canadian web site claimed that the police tried to comprise a bigger crowd of protesters, some draped in Indian flags, who took over the road in entrance of Hindu Sabha temple and had been seen kicking automobiles. Three males had been arrested.
The diplomatic ties between India and Canada have deteriorated since Justin Trudeau alleged the function of Indian authorities brokers within the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was gunned down in Surrey on June 18, 2023.
Opposition accuses Trudeau of ‘sowing divisions’
In accordance with the report, Canada’s Conservative Get together Chief Pierre Poilievre accused Trudeau of “sowing the divisions” that led to the violent clashes in Brampton.
Liberal MP Chandra Arya, stated the protests present simply how emboldened the Khalistani separatism has grow to be.
