New Delhi, April 14, 2023 (PPI-OT): India has asked Britain for increased monitoring of UK-based supporters of Khalistan movement, the Sikhs struggle for separation of Punjab from India and creation of separate homeland for them, following a “breach of security” at its High Commission in London.
At a meeting in New Delhi between senior British and Indian home ministry officials, the Indian side “specifically conveyed its concerns on the misuse of UK’s asylum status by the pro-Khalistani elements and requested better cooperation with UK,” an Indian government statement said.
New Delhi has been upset with Britain after protesters carrying “Khalistan” banners last month detached the Indian flag from the diplomatic mission’s building to protest against recent police action in India’s Punjab state against a Sikh leader.
Similar protests were seen outside Indian missions in some places in the United States and Canada. Police in Punjab, where Sikhs are in the majority, launched a hunt for Sikh leader Amritpal Singh last month after he revived talk of an independent homeland. Khalistan supporters claim the action against Singh is unjustified.
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