India cancels more consular camps in Canada citing security concerns
PTC News Desk: In the wake of mounting rift between India and Canada, the Indian Consulate in Toronto has cancelled some more consular camps in the country citing Canada's incompetence in providing "minimum security against heightened threats".
"Due to continued inability conveyed by security agencies to provide minimum security against heightened threats, Consulate has had to cancel some more consular camps. Most of them were not at any places of worship, including one at a Police facility," Consulate General of India in Toronto said in an official statement.
The development comes few days after the Indian High Commission in Canada decided to cancel some of the planned consular camps after attacks by Khalistani mobs on two such camps in Brampton and Surrey on November 2 and 3.
"The Consulate is fully sensitive to the difficulties faced by close to 4,000 elderly members of the diaspora in the Greater Toronto Area- both Indian and Canadian nationals- who have been deprived of an essential consular service," the statement added.
Diplomatic tension between both the countries have recently surged during the course of developments linked with the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar with Canada holding India responsible for the murder. While India refuted the allegations describing them as "smear campaign"
- PTC NEWS
