India protests Khalistani extremists holding citizens court in Vancouver

India has lodged a protest with Canada after Khalistani separatists held a “citizens court” and set afire an effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi outside the Indian consulate in Vancouver, officials said Friday, adding that New Delhi has issued note verbale or diplomatic note to the Canadian high commission conveying its serious objection to the latest actions by the Khalistani elements.

A PTI report, citing “authoritative sources”, said that in the in the note, which was issued on Thursday, India also communicated to the high commission its anguish over the space being given to the Khalistani separatists in Canada by the Justin Trudeau government.

Notably, India’s protest came a day after the Canadian Parliament observed a “moment of silence” in the memory of Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was shot dead in Surrey, British Columbia, in June last year.