In response to a security breakdown that resulted in an anti-India billboard being posted at the building housing its Consulate in Vancouver on Tuesday, India has complained to Canadian authorities.
The poster was taken down after being discovered on Tuesday morning. It was identical to the ones that started appearing at numerous spots in the Metro Vancouver area earlier this week, particularly in the municipality of Surrey.
A poster decrying India
The municipal authority in charge is the Vancouver Police Department. Despite the secessionist group’s warning that Indian missions would be besieged on August 15, the lapse took place.
On Monday, videos of the posters being put up at the Consulate were shared on social media, enhanced by accounts with what appeared to be Pakistani or pro-Pakistani affiliations, many of them recently founded.
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The most recent round of posters referred to the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the main representative of SFJ in British Columbia. While investigating the homicide, the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has not assigned a motive.
Before the Khalistan Referendum in a local gurdwara on July 16, other similar posters had appeared in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) last month at various locations. Before SFJ plans its next referendum in September in Surrey, the new posters have been seen.
When S Jaishankar, the minister of external affairs, met Mélanie Joly, the minister of foreign affairs of Canada, they spoke about the security of Indian diplomats in Jakarta at the ongoing Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting.
