(New Delhi) Indian authorities said on Sunday they had summoned Canada’s top diplomats to New Delhi after Sikh protesters gathered outside an Indian diplomatic mission in Canada.
According to Canadian media, hundreds of people gathered outside the Indian consulate in Vancouver, western Canada, on Saturday to protest the more than a week-long manhunt in India for the arrest of separatist preacher Sikh Amritpal Singh.
India’s Foreign Ministry said it summoned Canada’s High Commissioner on Saturday to “express our deep concern at the actions of separatist and extremist elements against our diplomatic mission and consulates in Canada this week.”
” [Nous attendons] Government of Canada to take steps to ensure the safety of our diplomats and our diplomatic missions,” Indian diplomatic spokesman Arindam Bagchi said in a statement.
The manhunt to arrest Amritpal Singh has led to internet shutdowns and bans on gatherings of more than four people in several locations in the northern state of Punjab. About 100 people were arrested.
Amritpal Singh has become famous in recent months for preaching radical Sikhism in rural Punjab, going so far as to call for the creation of a breakaway Sikh state called Khalistan.
New Delhi summoned a senior British diplomatic representative last week after Sikh protesters stormed and vandalized the Indian High Commission in London.
India also expressed its “strong protest” to the US State Department and the US Embassy in New Delhi after the looting of the Indian consulate in San Francisco.
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