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A Hindu temple in Newark, California, called the Swaminarayan temple, was vandalized with anti-India and pro-Khalistan graffiti. The temple administration discovered the graffiti on an exterior wall of the building and immediately informed the local authorities. The police are investigating the incident as a targeted act and a potential hate crime. This incident follows the filing of an indictment against an Indian national for his alleged involvement in a failed conspiracy to assassinate India-designated terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on US soil.
Source: Asianet Newsable
A Hindu temple was vandalised with anti-India and pro-Khalistan graffiti in Newark, California. The exterior walls of the Swaminarayan temple in Newark, California, was defaced with 'anti-Hindu and anti-India' graffiti, the temple administaration said. While the police said that the incident came to light on Friday, temple authorities claim that the incident occured on Thursday night. "One of the devotees, who lives close to the shrine, discovered anti-Hindu and anti-India graffiti in black ink on an exterior wall of the building, and the local administration was immediately informed," Bhargav Raval, the spokesperson for the temple administration, told ANI. The spokesperson added that the temple authorities were 'shocked' by the incident.
Calling it a 'targeted incident', Jonathan Arguello, a police captain for the city of Newark said that the incident was being investigated.
Source: Indiatoday NE
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"Based on the graffiti, we believe it was a targeted act, and it's going to be investigated with full thoroughness," Arguello said. "We're handling this investigation as a hate crime at this point, based on our conversations with you and the physical evidence we've seen," he added. The incident comes after the US Justice Department filed an indictment against an Indian national for his alleged role in a failed conspiracy to assassinate India-designated terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on US soil.
