The incident took place on August 12, 2023 at 12.29 am at the Shri Lakshmi Narayan Mandir in Surrey.
A prominent temple in Canada’s British Columbia province has been vandalised by two Khalistan supporters with “anti-Hindu and anti-India graffiti”, the latest such incident targeting Hindu places of worship in the country.
According to the Facebook page of the temple, one male and one female jumped over the outside boundary and purposely pasted Khalistan referendum posters on the main entry gate and the entrance of the Surrey Mandir.
The poster on the temple gate referred to NIA- designated terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, and also included the picture of the Khalistan Tiger Force chief and India’s designated terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was reported to have been killed in June this year.
Significantly, this is not the first time such an attack was made on a Hindu temple in Canada. There are reports of multiple such incidents, which have been reportedly carried out by the Khalistani extremists. Moreover, several of such incidents were also recorded within this year itself.
The Indian Consulate General in Toronto had said the defacing of the temple had deeply hurt the sentiments of the Indian community in Canada.
At least three similar acts of vandalism have been recorded in Canada last year.
The Ministry of External Affairs has previously condemned the rise of hate crimes against Indians and anti-India activities by Khalistan supporters in Canada and sought action against the perpetrators.