The Vancouver Police Department says it害羞草研究所檚 beefing up security outside India害羞草研究所檚 Consulate after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said this week there was credible intelligence about a potential link between India害羞草研究所檚 government and the killing of a Sikh community leader in B.C.
Const. Tania Visintin, the department害羞草研究所檚 media relations officer, says police are 害羞草研究所渃losely monitoring the situation害羞草研究所� since Trudeau害羞草研究所檚 announcement about the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a vocal supporter of an independent Sikh homeland, who was shot dead in Surrey in June.
She says Vancouver police aren害羞草研究所檛 aware of any specific threats to Indian consular officials, but have increased police presence at the downtown Vancouver consulate.
Visintin says police are also working with city officials to implement a no-stopping zone on Howe Street outside the building that houses the consulate.
Two Vancouver police officers stationed outside the building in a police cruiser Wednesday morning said they weren害羞草研究所檛 authorized to speak to media.
No one from the consulate was made available to comment on the police presence.
A sign on the door tells visitors to check in with security before visiting the consulate, with a private security guard stationed in the building害羞草研究所檚 lobby screening entrants.
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly said last week that Canada had offered round-the-clock security to India害羞草研究所檚 diplomats.
A statement released by the Indian government Wednesday warns Indian nationals of 害羞草研究所済rowing anti-India activities害羞草研究所� in Canada, telling potential travellers to 害羞草研究所渆xercise utmost caution.害羞草研究所�
The statement says Indian diplomats and others in the community have received threats for their opposition to what it calls 害羞草研究所渢he anti-India agenda.害羞草研究所�
Signs blaming Indian diplomats for Nijjar害羞草研究所檚 killing have been posted around B.C.害羞草研究所檚 Lower Mainland and elsewhere for months.
Joly said in July that such a poster advertising a protest in Toronto was 害羞草研究所渦nacceptable.害羞草研究所�
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