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New Delhi’s transfer got here after a whole bunch of protesters gathered in entrance of the Indian consulate in Vancouver, demanding an impartial Sikh homeland.
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India has summoned Canada’s
High Commissioner to “convey strong concern” over Sikh
protesters in Canada and the way they had been allowed to breach the
safety of India’s diplomatic mission and consulates.
According to Canadian media reviews, a whole bunch of protesters
gathered in entrance of the Indian consulate in Vancouver on
Saturday over calls for for an impartial Sikh state, a simmering
situation for many years just lately triggered once more.
“It is expected that the Canadian government will take all steps which are required to ensure the safety of our diplomats and security of our diplomatic premises so that they are able to fulfil their normal diplomatic functions,” India’s Ministry of External Affairs mentioned in a press release on Sunday.
Canada has the very best inhabitants of Sikhs exterior their house state of Punjab in India.
The assertion follows Indian police on March 21 launching a hunt for Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh, who has revived discuss of an impartial Sikh homeland and stoked fears of a return to violence that killed tens of hundreds of individuals within the Nineteen Eighties and early Nineties.
READ MORE: India hunts preacher who revived requires impartial Sikh homeland
‘Khalistan’ motion
Police have accused Singh and his supporters of tried homicide, obstruction of legislation enforcement and creating disharmony and mentioned he had been on the run since final week when officers tried to dam his motorcade and arrest him.
Indian police additionally opened an investigation final week right into a
protest at its High Commission in London, the place protesters with
“Khalistan” banners took an Indian flag down from a first-floor
balcony of the High Commission to denounce current police motion
in India’s Punjab state.
India summoned the highest British diplomat
in New Delhi final Sunday in search of an evidence.
Khalistan is the identify of an impartial Sikh homeland that
some members of that group aspire to, each at house in India
and in international locations the place Sikhs have settled.
READ MORE: Dozens arrested as Indian police hunt for Sikh separatist chief
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