00:00 A Hindu temple in Canada's British Columbia was vandalized with Khalistan referendum posters
00:09 pasted on the main door of the temple at midnight on Saturday.
00:13 Under the cover of darkness on Saturday night, miscreants plastered the main door of the
00:17 temple with posters promoting the Khalistan referendum.
00:20 The posters contained a striking headline, "Canada Investigates India's Role in June
00:26 2018 Assassination" accompanied by a picture of Hardeep Singh Nijar.
00:30 The temple that has been vandalized, Lakshmi Narayan Mandir in Surrey, is one of the biggest
00:35 and oldest Hindu temples in British Columbia.
00:38 The video of the incident has gone viral on social media platforms and shows two masked
00:42 men pasting the posters and taking photos before fleeing the scene.
00:47 The Lakshmi Narayan Mandir's vandalism marks the third occurrence of temple desecration
00:51 in Canada this year alone.
00:53 Earlier on January 31, an important Hindu temple in Brampton, Canada experienced a similar
00:58 fate with anti-India graffiti defacing its wall.
01:03 This incident stirred a feeling of rage within the Indian community and drew condemnation
01:07 from Brampton's Mayor Patrick Brown.
01:10 In another incident that took place in April, yet another Hindu temple was targeted in Canada.
01:16 Situated in Ontario, this temple was defaced with anti-India graffiti.
01:20 Surveillance footage released by the Windsor Police depicted two suspects brazenly spray
01:24 painting the temple walls.
01:26 Local reports suggest that authorities have launched a thorough probe into the matter.
01:31 The CCTV footage at the Lakshmi Narayan Mandir is being used to identify the culprits and
01:35 bring them to justice for their notorious act.
01:38 The Khalistani extremists have been claiming that India was responsible for the killing
01:41 of Hardeep Nijar, one of the prominent secessionist faces.
01:45 The 45-year-old Khalistan Tiger Force chief was shot dead on June 18 by two unidentified
01:51 men in the parking lot of Guru Nanak Gurudwara Sahib in Surrey, Canada.
01:55 Hardeep Singh Nijar was the head of the Guru Nanak Singh Gurudwara Sahib in Canada, Surrey.
02:21 In India.
