Protesting against the attacks on temples in Canada, the Hindu Sikh Global Forum members took out a march on Sunday to the Canadian High Commission in Delhi. Police stopped the protesters at the Teen Murti Marg, while they climbed up the barricades and gathered outside the Canadian embassy.
Security was heightened outside the Canadian High Commission, in the Chanakyapuri area, in the wake of the protests.
According to police, barricading was done to ensure there was no breach of law and order. The visuals that circulated on social media platforms showed the protesters trying to scale the barricading.
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"We have deployed additional forces and barricaded outside the High Commission of Canada following a protest march call. No one will be allowed to breach law and order," a senior police officer said.
The Hindu Sikh Global Forum’s protest comes after the temple attack in Brampton. On November 3, Hindu devotees, including women and children were attacked and assaulted with sticks outside the Hindu Sabha temple in Canada's Brampton by Khalistani extremists.
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There has been a series of violent incidents targeting Hindu temples in Canada.
The Hindu Sikh Global Forum, a coalition of Hindu and Sikh communities, organised the march demanding action against the rising temple attacks.
"An entire generation had been destroyed during militancy. They were either killed or they migrated to other countries. Then they introduced drugs to ruin the life of our young generation," Tarvinder Singh Marwah, President of the Hindu Sikh Global Forum told ANI.
He further added that additional efforts were made to disrupt the community's unity, including attempts at forced religious conversions.
"And now this new thing of attacking temples has started. This is wrong and unfortunate," he said.
Marwah said that a true Sikh can never be a Khalistani. “If they want a separate nation, they should keep it limited to themselves. We want our tricolour and our country to be respected at all times.”
Tensions between India and Canada worsened after Justin Trudeau's administration alleged India’s role behind the killing of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
Recently, Ottawa named Indian High Commissioner in Canada, Sanjay Verma and five other diplomats as "persons of interest" in the case. Canada had said that it has evidence to show India’s involvement in the Nijjar killing. However, India refuted Canada’s claims and criticised Ottawa for ignoring Delhi’s warnings and welcoming people from India with links to organised crime.