Masked men ‘carrying knives’ storm London cinema shouting ‘down with India’

A radical of masked men stormed a westbound London cinema shouting ‘down with India’ during a Bollywood movie leaving customers ‘terrified’.

Footage shows the radical interrupting a screening of the movie ‘Emergency’ astatine Harrow Vue Cinema connected Sunday night.

Saloni Belaid, who had bought tickets to the film, said the men had pushed themselves past unit members and shouted ‘down with India’ aft the movie was dibbed ‘anti-Sikh’.

She said: ‘It was truly chaotic and scary. Ninety-five per cent of the assemblage cleared retired portion they were intimidating everyone whereas my friends and I stayed to face them.

‘This was masked men shouting successful the acheronian – we didn’t what their intentions were. It was frightening.’

She told Times of India cinema unit did not travel to help, and contempt constabulary arriving wrong 10 minutes they did not halt the radical arsenic they were exercising their close to protest.

Saloni said the men were portion of the Khalistan separatist question which aims to make a homeland for Sikhs.

The Hindi movie Emergency has been dubbed ‘Anti-Sikh’ with protests besides being held crossed the Midlands.

Viewings person been cancelled astatine Cineworlds successful Wolverhampton and Birmingham.

Rashmi Chaubey, who posted the footage onto Facebook, said: ‘It’s a wholly frightening and intimidating acquisition erstwhile 20+ men with masked faces and carrying a kirpan entered and blocked the exit successful a acheronian theatre.

‘They were yet capable to unopen the movie. Police could not bash thing and said it is their close to protest.

‘It marks a bittersweet time wherever the close to protestation was weaponised to suppress state of expression.’

Vue Cinema and the Metropolitan Police has been contacted for comment.

The Sikh Press Association described the movie arsenic ‘anti-Sikh Indian authorities propaganda’.

They said: ‘It astir apt displays inaccurate accusation which maligns revered Sikh figures. Such contented perpetuates anti-Sikh hatred and Indian authorities stereotypes demonizing the community, which makes up astir conscionable 2 per cent of India.

‘The theatres showing this nationalist propaganda are supporting thing which poses a information to Sikh communities today, justifying anti-Sikh hate, which is presently a large interest amid an uptake successful India’s transnational violence.’

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