India cancels some camps in Canada over safety concerns

TEN CONSULAR CAMPS WERE SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER THOUGH IT ISN'T KNOWN HOW MANY WERE CANCELLED

- Rezaul H Laskar and Anirudh Bhattacharyya

India on Thursday said it cancelled several consular camps in Toronto as it didn't receive assurances on protection from Canadian security agencies, even as it reiterated concerns about an increase in attacks and intimidation of Indian diplomats in Canada.

The Indian consulate in Toronto announced "some" scheduled consular camps were being cancelled because of lack of security. This follows an attack on Hindu Sabha Mandir in Brampton on Sunday by pro-Khalistan radicals, who were protesting against a similar camp organised at the temple complex. The separatists had clashed with congregants inside the temple. The consulate said on X: "In view of the security agencies conveying their inability to provide minimum security protection to the community camp organisers, Consulate has decided to cancel some of the scheduled consular camps."