The Union ministry of house affairs has upgraded the safety of exterior affairs minister S Jaishankar to Z class, individuals acquainted with the matter mentioned, over new posters put up by Khalistani teams in Canada that carry the photographs of the minister, together with these of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in calling for his or her assassination.

Khalistani group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) put up these posters on Tuesday, saying a “referendum” on whether or not a separate State needs to be carved out of India, outdoors the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey, British Columbia, the place Hardeep Singh Nijjar was killed by unidentified males on June 18 in an alleged gang conflict. According to the posters, individuals conscious of the matter mentioned, a “referendum” will likely be held in Vancouver on October 29, after a protest that will likely be launched on October 21 from Surrey to the Indian consulate.

The posters, one of many individuals cited above mentioned, beforehand known as for the assassination of the Indian excessive fee to Canada Sanjay Kumar Verma, and consul generals Manish and Apoorva Srivastava.

The Union ministry of house affairs has upgraded the safety of exterior affairs minister S Jaishankar to Z class, individuals acquainted with the matter mentioned, over new posters put up by Khalistani teams in Canada that carry the photographs of the minister, together with these of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in calling for his or her assassination.

Proscribed Khalistani group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) put up these posters on Tuesday, saying a “referendum” on whether or not a separate State needs to be carved out of India, outdoors the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey, British Columbia, the place Hardeep Singh Nijjar was killed by unidentified males on June 18 in an alleged gang conflict.

According to the posters, individuals conscious of the matter mentioned, a “referendum” will likely be held in Vancouver on October 29, after a protest that will likely be launched on October 21 from Surrey to the Indian consulate.

The posters, one of many individuals cited above mentioned, beforehand known as for the assassination of the Indian excessive fee to Canada Sanjay Kumar Verma, and consul generals Manish and Apoorva Srivastava.

Their look comes at a time when Khalistani extremist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun equated the secessionist motion with the state of affairs in Palestine, saying that the SFJ will perform Hamas-like assaults.

“The Canadian high commissioner to India, Cameron MacKay, was summoned to South Block on Wednesday and a protest was conveyed. The protest note asked the Trudeau government to immediately pull down the posters at Surrey Gurudwara, investigate the threat to PM, EAM and India’s too diplomat in Canada and then take strong action against the guilty. Simultaneously a protest was conveyed to Global Affairs Canada in Ottawa at the same time,” a second individual mentioned.

Officials acquainted with the event mentioned that Jaishankar will now be guarded by the VIP safety wing of the Central Reserve Security Force (CRPF), which guards round 176 individuals within the nation, with the best menace notion.

A Delhi Police officer, on situation of anonymity, mentioned that police too had obtained inputs of threats to Jaishankar from separatist teams.

Nijjar’s demise changed into an unprecedented diplomatic disaster when Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau claimed on September 18 that there could also be a “potential link” between Indian authorities brokers and the killing of Nijjar, a Canadian citizen. India has dismissed the accusation as “absurd and motivated”.

India additionally suspended new visas for Canadians on September 22.

On October 3, Canada’s overseas minister Melanie Joly mentioned Canada desires personal talks with India to resolve the diplomatic dispute, which has since snowballed with India asking Ottawa to withdraw 41 diplomats.

Trudeau mentioned Ottawa was not seeking to escalate the dispute. “We’re taking this extremely seriously, but we’re going to continue to engage responsibly and constructively within with the government of India,” he informed reporters individually the identical day. Canada, nonetheless, has not shared any credible proof with India.