Khalistan supporters maintain protest behind barricades at Indian High Commission in London

Khalistan supporters returned to the Indian High Commission in London on Wednesday to protest in opposition to the police crackdown on Amritpal Singh and his group Waris Punjab De. But in contrast to the incident on Sunday, when the protesters had entered the premises unobstructed, eliminated the Indian nationwide flag from the excessive fee and tried to boost the Khalistan flag as a substitute, immediately the protest was confined to barricades put by police.

Following a powerful protest by India over an entire lack of safety exterior the excessive fee workplace in London, immediately London police had been absolutely geared to forestall a repeat of Sunday. Numerous police personnel had been deployed to guard the Indian High Commission, and barricades had been put up because the Khalistan supporters had already introduced the protests.

Following the sooner vandalism, a number of uniformed officers had been patrolling the realm in Aldwych and Metropolitan Police vans had been stationed at India Place. Police officers, liaison officers, and patrol officers had been seen on obligation exterior the India Place constructing in central London, the place an enormous Indian flag was strung between home windows following the vandalism on Sunday.

#WATCH | London, UK | Anti-India protests by Khalistanis behind Police barricade. Metropolitan Police on guard at Indian High Commission. pic.twitter.com/YDYKX39Bit

— ANI (@ANI) March 22, 2023

Visuals from the location present that the protesters had been confined behind steel barricades put up on the other facet of the street in entrance of the Indian High Commission, with uniformed Metropolitan Police personnel standing guard in entrance of them. The protesters had been waiving the Khalistan flags and chanting anti-India, pro-Khalistan slogans. They had been additionally heard elevating slogans in assist of Amritpal Singh.

#WATCH | London, UK | Anti-India protests by Khalistanis behind Police barricade. Metropolitan Police on guard at Indian High Commission. pic.twitter.com/Kt7kvlHGEq

— ANI (@ANI) March 22, 2023

They had been additionally seen holding placards saying ‘Punjab under seize’ and comparable slogans.

London, UK : Anti-India protests by Khalistanis behind Police barricade. Metropolitan Police on guard at Indian High Commission. pic.twitter.com/FRQIlCNGaf

— Subodh Kumar (@kumarsubodh_) March 22, 2023

Earlier on Wednesday, barricades and exterior safety from exterior the British High Commission and the residence of the British Envoy in New Delhi had been eliminated, as a reciprocal transfer to the entire lack of safety exterior the Indian High Commission in London. Special safety measures akin to street diverters, pace breakers, bunkers fabricated from sandbags, PCR vans and native police stationed exterior the premises had been eliminated after a choice taken on the highest stage of the Indian govt.

Before that, the seniormost UK diplomat in New Delhi was summoned on Sunday night time after the Indian High Commission was vandalised. India demanded an evidence for the entire absence of British safety that allowed suspected pro-Khalistan parts to enter the High Commission premises. The UK diplomat was reminded on this regard of the fundamental obligations of the UK Government beneath the Vienna Convention.