Ottawa:
Canadian police have arrested a 35-year-old Brampton resident on fees of assault with a weapon throughout a violent demonstration at a Hindu temple within the metropolis, authorities stated.
On November 3, a protest occurred on the Hindu Sabha Mandir in Brampton and unverified movies circulating on social media appeared to indicate demonstrators holding Khalistani flags. The movies confirmed fistfights and folks placing one another with poles on what seems to be the grounds surrounding the temple.
The Peel Regional Police responded to the altercation throughout the demonstration on the mandir. As tensions between opposing sides elevated, the demonstrations turned bodily and assaultive, a press release stated on Saturday.
Police started investigating a number of offences that occurred throughout the demonstration, lots of which had been captured on video; together with people utilizing flags and sticks to assault individuals, it stated.
Investigators from the 21 Division Prison Investigations Bureau and Strategic Investigation Crew (SIT) have arrested and charged Inderjeet Gosal of Brampton, the Peel Police assertion stated.
Gosal is the Canada coordinator for the banned group Sikhs for Justice, the Toronto Star reported.
On November 8, 2024, he was arrested and charged with assault with a weapon. He was launched on situations and is to look on the Ontario Courtroom of Justice in Brampton at a later date, it stated.
A SIT devoted to investigating incidents of criminality throughout the November 3 and 4 incidents has since been fashioned.
On November 3, the protesters carrying Khalistani flags clashed with individuals and disrupted a consular occasion co-organised by the temple authorities and the Indian Consulate.
The Sunday incident was condemned by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who stated each Canadian has the fitting to practise their religion freely and safely.
India condemned the assault with an expectation that these indulging in violence “will likely be prosecuted”.
In a press release, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs stated that New Delhi stays “deeply involved” concerning the security and safety of Indian nationals in Canada.
The relations between India and Canada got here underneath extreme pressure following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations in September final 12 months of a “potential” involvement of Indian brokers in Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing. New Delhi rejected Trudeau’s fees as “absurd”.
India has been sustaining that the primary challenge between the 2 nations is that of Canada giving area to Khalistani parts working from Canadian soil with impunity.
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