Hindu Temple Vandalized in Canada in Yet Another Hate-Motivated Crime

© Photo : Twitter/ @Arya_Anviksha_BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, a Hindu temple, vandalised in Canada
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, a Hindu temple, vandalised in Canada - Sputnik India, 1920, 06.04.2023
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The hate incident at Windsor in the Ontario province is the fifth instance of a Hindu temple being targeted in Canada since last July.
A Hindu temple located in Canada’s Ontario province has been vandalized, in what local police are investigating as a “hate-motivated incident”.
A statement by Windsor Police on Wednesday said that officers dispatched to the temple discovered “anti-Hindu and anti-India graffiti sprayed in black on an exterior wall of the building.”
The police have obtained footage, in which one of the suspects was seen vandalizing the temple, while the other was on guard.
The police have asked local residents to check their camera footage at the time of the incident in a bid to gather further evidence, per the statement.

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In other incidents in recent months, Hindu temples in other cities in Ontario—Brampton and Mississauga—have faced similar acts of vandalism.
The Indian High Commission in Canada has condemned these incidents and urged the Canadian authorities to act promptly against the perpetrators.
Over the last month, several statues of Indian freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi have also been vandalized and sprayed with anti-India graffiti. Two such incidents have occurred in Ontario and British Columbia provinces.
Canada's Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier arrives for a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels, Thursday March 6, 2008. - Sputnik India, 1920, 29.03.2023
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These incidents come amid an apparent resurgence of pro-Khalistan sentiment in some sections of the Sikh community, against the backdrop of the Indian police crackdown against radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh last month.
Over the last month, pro-Khalistan protests have erupted at Indian diplomatic facilities in Canada, the US, and the United Kingdom.
India ranked as the biggest source of immigrants for Canada last year, as per federal statistics. The country is also home to the biggest Sikh community in the world outside the Indian state of Punjab.
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