B.C. Sikh temple granted buffer zone with protests of consular officials expected

A B.C. Supreme Court justice has granted an bid to found a buffer portion astir 1 of the province’s largest Sikh temples this Saturday successful beforehand of expected confrontations betwixt protesters and Indian consular officials.

The Khalsa Diwan Society, which runs the Ross Street Gurdwara, says successful tribunal documents that it expects “intense protests” astatine 2 “consular camps” scheduled for Nov. 2 and Nov. 16 aft the RCMP made allegations astir Indian officials engagement successful transgression enactment successful Canada.

The tribunal documents accidental the camps springiness seniors of Indian descent a accidental to conscionable with consular officials to implicit administrative tasks, mostly related to their pensions, without having to be the consulate successful Vancouver.

Six Indian diplomats were expelled from Canada past period implicit allegations that they utilized their presumption to cod accusation connected Canadians successful the pro-Khalistan independency question and past walk that connected to transgression gangs who targeted the individuals directly.

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The bid prohibits protesting, blocking the sidewalks oregon intimidating anyone trying to participate the spot wrong 50 metres of the roads surrounding the temple.

The tribunal documents accidental protests astatine past year’s camps meant constabulary officers had to usage a “decoy plan” to escort consular unit retired of the gurdwara from a broadside doorway to debar confrontations.