Khalistani supporters want to create trouble at Hindu temple: Canadian MP

Chandigarh, Nov 21: Indian-origin Canadian MP Chandra Arya shared a purported video of pro-Khalistani supporters in Surrey claiming they want to create trouble at the Hindu Laxmi Narayan Mandir.
The MP asked the Canadian authorities to step in and take action. “Last week Khalistan supporters verbally abused a Sikh family outside a Sikh gurdwara in Surrey BC according to some reports. Now it appears the same Khalistan group wants to create trouble at the Hindu Laxmi Narayan Mandir in Surrey,” he wrote in a post on X. “All these are being done in the name of freedom of speech and expression. Like a broken record, I am again asking Canadian authorities to step in and take action. Hindu temples have been attacked many times during the last couple of years.
“Hate crimes are being committed against Hindu-Canadians. Allowing these things to continue to be done openly and publicly is not acceptable,” he added.
Clarifying to Arya’s post, Sikh activist Puneet Sahani wrote: “Last week, yes it was this same thug who viciously abused a Sikh family that objected to desecration…But that happened in Abbotsford not Surrey.” After searches in Punjab and Haryana, the Delhi Police Special Cell has arrested a 38-year-old man in connection with the pro-Khalistan graffiti on the walls of ISBT flyover in September, said an official, adding that the banned SFJ founder Gurpatwant Singh Pannun had offered him money. Meanwhile, after searches in Punjab and Haryana, the Delhi Police Special Cell has arrested a 38-year-old man in connection with the pro-Khalistan graffiti on the walls of ISBT flyover in September, said an official, adding that the banned SFJ founder Gurpatwant Singh Pannun had offered him money.
The accused has been identified as Malak Singh a.k.a Malik and he was arrested from Kurukshetra in Haryana. With the arrest of the accused, Delhi Police has averted the untoward incidents on the day of the final match of the Cricket World Cup on November 19, as he was tasked by Pannun to paint pro-Khalistan slogans at different venues, including Delhi Airport on that day. According to police, on September 27, multiple pro-Khalistan graffiti with slogans like “Delhi banayaga Khalistan SFJ” and “Khalistan Zindabad” were found sprayed under and over Yudhister Setu, Kashmere Gate Delhi.
The Special Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) HGS Dhaliwal said that specific input was received regarding Singh Singh was also found involved in three other incidents of pro-Khalistan graffiti in Haryana before the G-20 Summit. (IANS)