Violent disruption exterior consular camp in Brampton, Ontario, on November 3, 2024. Picture credit score: Twitter/@HCI_Ottawa
The Indian Excessive Fee in Canada on Monday (November 4, 2024) stated {that a} consular camp in Brampton, close to Toronto, witnessed “violent disruptions” on Sunday. This comes after Hindu-Canadian devotees have been attacked at a Hindu temple close to Toronto.
The Indian Excessive Fee in Ottawa in an announcement blamed “anti-India elements” for the violence exterior the consular camp co-organised with the Hindu Sabha Mandir in Brampton.
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“Violent disruption exterior consular camp in Brampton, Ontario (Nov 3)”@MEAIndia@IndianDiplomacy@diaspora_india@[email protected]/V7QNMmA4eR
— India in Canada (@HCI_Ottawa) November 4, 2024
“On account of the prevailing security situation in Canada, the Canadian authorities had been requested well in advance to provide strong security measures for these events, which constitute routine consular work. It is deeply disappointing to see such disruptions being allowed for routine consular work being organised by our Consulates with the fullest cooperation of local co-organizers,” the Indian Excessive Fee stated.
Most beneficiaries of the consular service organised by the Indian Excessive Fee in Brampton have been Sikh members of the Indian diaspora.
“We also remain very concerned for the safety of applicants, including Indian nationals, on whose demand such events are organised in the first place,” the Fee additional stated. The Indian diplomatic missions organise consular camps yearly for the profit and ease of native life certificates beneficiaries.
“Despite these efforts by anti-India elements, our Consulate was able to issue more than 1,000 life certificates to the Indian and Canadian applicants. There were also attempts to disrupt similar camps held in Vancouver and Surrey on November 2-3,” the Indian embassy famous.
The acts of violence on the Hindu Sabha Mandir in Brampton immediately are unacceptable. Each Canadian has the proper to apply their religion freely and safely.
Thanks to the Peel Regional Police for swiftly responding to guard the neighborhood and examine this incident.
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) November 3, 2024‘Red Line Crossed’: Canadian MPs condemn violence at Hindu temple
Native police within the metropolis of Brampton stated that they had deployed closely exterior the Hindu Sabha Mandir to be able to preserve calm throughout a protest. A spokesman for the Peel Regional Police informed AFP that no arrests had been made. Police have additionally declined to assign blame for the reported violence.
A federal lawmaker and member of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Get together, Chandra Arya, blamed the incident on “Khalistanis,” a reference to supporters of the perimeter separatist motion for an unbiased Sikh homeland in Punjab.
“A red line has been crossed by Canadian Khalistani extremists today,” Mr. Arya, who’s Hindu, posted on X.
“The attack by Khalistanis on the Hindu-Canadian devotees inside the premises of the Hindu Sabha temple in Brampton shows how deep and brazen has Khalistani violent extremism has become in Canada,” he stated.
Video circulating on social media seems to point out people carrying yellow Khalistan flags clashing with a rival group, together with folks holding Indian flags. There have been additionally remoted fist fights, movies present.
Relations between Canada and India have nosedived after Ottawa accused the Indian authorities of orchestrating the 2023 killing in Vancouver of 45-year-old Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a distinguished Khalistan activist. Past Nijjar’s killing, Canada has accused India of directing a broad marketing campaign concentrating on Sikh activists on Canadian soil, which Ottawa says has included intimidation, threats and violence.
Delhi and Ottawa earlier this month every expelled the opposite’s ambassador and different senior diplomats.
(With inputs from AFP)
Printed – November 04, 2024 11:22 am IST
