The pro-Khalistan protesters who were restricted to the opposite side of the High Commission waved anti-India placards and chanted slogans in presence of British security forces.
The protest was organised to draw attention to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau‘s allegations of alleged Indian involvement in the killing of wanted terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada.
India vehemently dismissed the accusations as “ridiculous” and “politically motivated,” responding with the expulsion of a high-ranking Canadian diplomat in retaliation for Ottawa’s earlier expulsion of an Indian official in connection with the incident.
In response to Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau’s accusations of Indian involvement in the killing, India has temporarily halted its visa services in Canada.
With relations under strain, India has issued a precautionary advisory to its citizens and travelers heading to Canada, urging them to exercise extreme caution due to the rising incidents of anti-India activities and politically sanctioned hate crimes and criminal violence in the country.
According to external affairs minister S Jaishankar, Canada has not shared anything specific to support allegations against India’s involvement. During an interaction with Indian journalists in Washington on Friday, he said India was ready to look into the information related to Canada’s allegations of the “potential” involvement of Indian agents in the killing of Nijjar.
