In yet another incident of its kind this year, where Khalistani targeted another Hindu temple in Canada which is accused of providing a safe haven for the anti-India moments under the name of freedom of expression.
On, 8 September, a Hindu temple - Shree Mata Bhameshwari Durga Devi Society- was vandalised with black spray paint in Surrey British Columbia in Canada.
Images of the graffiti spread on social media showed messages like “Punjab is not India". Sameer Kaushal, the News Director at Radio AM600 in Richmond, BC, took to social media platform X and said, “SurreyBC A Hindu temple Shree Mata Bhameshwari Durga Devi Society has been vandalized with black spray paint. These kinds of cowardly attacks are on the rise to create terror amongst the community. @SurreyRCMP has been notified."
As per the pictures and images, anti-India graffiti with the message "Punjab is not India" was sprayed on the walls of the temple. This is the second such incident targeting a Hindu temple in Canada's Surrey, British Columbia.
The incident in Surrey comes less than a month after another prominent temple in British Columbia province was vandalised by Khalistani members. On August 12, two unidentified people defaced a temple in Surrey with “anti-Hindu and anti-India graffiti."
Notably, such incidents have spiked in is recent past as similar acts of vandalism have previously been reported in Canada. Earlier in April, the BAPS Swaminarayan temple in Ontario province was also vandalised with “anti-Hindu and anti-India graffiti," which law enforcement categorised as a “hate-motivated incident."