Narendra Modi takes up London protests with Boris Johnson

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday dialled his British counterpart Boris Johnson and raised the issue of violent protests outside the Indian mission in London on Independence Day.

Thousands of Pakistani and Khalistani protesters descended on Indian mission on August 15 and held a violent protest, clashing with Indian diaspora, tearing up tricolour and raising disrespectful anti-India slogans.

In his conversation with Johnson, Prime Minister Modi "drew attention to the challenges posed by vested interests pursuing their motivated agenda, including by violent means," an Indian government readout said.