ATTACK ON INDIAN HIGH COMMISSION: INDIA SEEKS DEPORTATION OF UK BASED KHALISTANI SEPERATISTS

New Delhi (The Stellar News) Saksham Kalia: Following the vandalization of the Indian High Commission in London last week, the government has urged authorities in the UK to deport several individuals involved in the violence, said people familiar with the developments.

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Some among those involved held Indian passports and were seeking asylum in the UK citing so-called ‘political persecution’ but are involved in the Khalistani separatist movement and in attacks against members of the Indian diaspora in the UK and elsewhere.

One of the individuals, Avtar Khanda, has been living in the UK for several years and is one of the prominent leaders of the movement. He sought asylum in the UK, claiming political persecution in India.

Avtar Singh Khanda has been arrested in London for vandalising the premises of the Indian High Commission. Khanda on March 19 climbed on the balcony of the Indian High Commission, insulted the national flag by pulling it down and then put the Khalistani flag on the flagpole.

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