Cleverly stated acts of violence directed on the Indian mission employees had been “unacceptable”. “We’re working with the Metropolitan Police to evaluation safety on the Indian excessive fee, and can make the adjustments wanted to make sure the security of its employees,” Cleverly stated. “We’ll at all times take the safety of the excessive fee, and all overseas missions within the UK, extraordinarily significantly, and stop and robustly reply to incidents resembling this,” Cleverly added.
The vandalism by pro-Khalistan supporters on the Indian excessive fee was on Thursday raised within the Home of Commons too, with British MPs demanding motion in opposition to “Khalistani hooligans” and the security of India’s diplomatic employees. Conservative MP Bob Blackman described the assaults on the Indian mission as “disgraceful” and known as for all Khalistani organisations to be banned in Britain whereas Labour MP Gareth Thomas requested the chief of the Home what steps had been being taken to make sure there may be “no repeat of such behaviour”. Chief of the Home Penny Mordaunt reiterated Cleverly’s assertion on reviewing the safety of the Indian excessive fee.
On Sunday, two safety staffers on the mission had been injured after a scuffle with a pro-Khalistan protester who scaled the balcony and tried to tear down the Indian flag. Home windows had been smashed utilizing flagpoles. At Wednesday’s protests, paint and eggs had been thrown on the constructing.
Blackman additionally denounced the assaults whereas talking in a committee room of the Homes of Parliament, stating that the Indian excessive fee had been attacked half-a-dozen instances prior to now few years, “orchestrated by opponents of India”. He known as for all organisations banned in India to be outlawed in Britain as properly. “We’re tolerating within the UK people who find themselves calling for the overthrow of India by armed rebellion. That’s completely unacceptable. Why is the UK permitting these terrorists to function freely and brazenly in our society? We should always name them out and proscribe them of their entirety, seize their property and say they aren’t welcome to remain in our nation. In any other case, we’ll see an escalation in violence. We should always arrest them and punish them,” Blackman stated
Blackman stated the acts on the weekend had been organised by Khalistani militants to happen “concurrently” in Canada, US and Australia.
Earlier, talking within the Home of Commons, Blackman stated “we’re harbouring Khalistani terrorists on this nation” and known as for a debate on motion to make sure they’re held to account.
In the meantime, police stated a 22-year-old man was held over Sunday’s incident and bailed later, whereas no arrests had been remodeled Wednesday’s bother.