India condemns attack on Indian journalist by pro-Khalistanis in Washington | India News – Times of India

WASHINGTON: After a Washington DC-based Indian journalist was attacked by Khalistan supporters, the Indian embassy in america has condemned the incident in a press release launched on Saturday.
“We condemn such a grave and unwarranted assault on a senior journalist. Such actions solely underscore the violent and anti-social tendencies of the so-called ‘Khalistani protestors’ and their supporters, who routinely interact in wanton violence and vandalism,” the assertion from the Indian embassy mentioned.
Washington DC-based Indian journalist Lalit Jha was bodily attacked and verbally abused by pro-Khalistan supporters whereas he was overlaying a pro-Khalistan protest exterior the Indian Embassy on Saturday afternoon.
“We have now seen disturbing visuals of a senior Indian journalist from the Press Belief of India being abused, threatened & assaulted bodily whereas overlaying so-called ‘Khalistan protest’ in Washington DC earlier at the moment,” the Indian embassy in US mentioned in a press launch by Saturday.

The assertion mentioned, “We perceive that the journalist was first verbally intimidated, then bodily assaulted, and fearing for his private security and well-being, needed to name in legislation enforcement businesses, who responded promptly.”
The Indian embassy of their assertion additionally thanked the legislation enforcement businesses for his or her immediate response within the matter.
Jha on Sunday thanked US Secret Service for safeguarding him and serving to him do his job. He mentioned he was hit on his left ear with two sticks by pro-Khalistan supporters. He additionally shared a video of the Khalistani supporters on his Twitter deal with.
“Thanks @SecretService 4 my safety 2day 4 serving to do my job, in any other case I’d have been penning this from the hospital. The gentleman beneath hit my left ear with these 2 sticks & earlier I needed to name 9/11 & rushed 2 police van 4 security fearing bodily assault,” Jha tweeted on Sunday.
Condemning the assault on the Indian journalist Lalit Jha, the assertion from the Indian embassy additional mentioned, “We condemn such a grave and unwarranted assault on a senior journalist. Such actions solely underscore the violent and anti-social tendencies of the so-called ‘Khalistani protestors’ and their supporters, who routinely interact in wanton violence and vandalism.”
“At one level I felt so threatened that I known as 911. I then noticed Secret Service officers and narrated the incident to them,” Jha informed ANI.
Nevertheless, the journalist determined to take no motion in opposition to those that heckled him.
“The professional-Khalistan protestors in help of Amritpal Singh waved Khalistan flags and descended upon the embassy within the presence of the US Secret Service. They even brazenly threatened to vandalise the embassy and threatened the Indian Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu,” Jha informed ANI.
The protesters included turbaned males of all ages who raised pro-Khalistan slogans. They got here in from completely different components of the DC-Maryland-Virginia (DMV) space. The organisers used mics to make anti-India speeches each in English and Punjabi languages and focused the Punjab Police for alleged human rights violations.
A number of occasions of protests by supporters of Khalistan have been staged exterior the Indian embassy and the San Francisco Consulate. Earlier this week the Indian Consulate in San Francisco was additionally attacked on March 20.
Visuals shared on-line present an enormous mob brandishing Khalistan flags mounted on picket poles, utilizing them to smash glass doorways and home windows of the consulate constructing. They raised pro-Khalistan slogans as they broke by makeshift safety boundaries raised by town police and put in two Khalistan flags contained in the premises.
The USA strongly condemned the assault on the Indian consulate in San Francisco by a gaggle of separatist Sikhs, terming it completely unacceptable.
The USA has condemned the assault on the Indian Consulate in San Francisco and any assault in opposition to diplomatic amenities throughout the US. The US has pledged to defend the protection and safety of those amenities in addition to the diplomats who work inside them.
“The USA condemns the assault in opposition to the Indian Consulate and any assault in opposition to diplomatic amenities inside america. We pledge to defend the protection and safety of those amenities in addition to the diplomats who work inside them,” US State Division spokesperson informed ANI.
US Nationwide Safety Advisor Jake Sullivan mentioned through Twitter that the US condemns the acts of violence in opposition to the Indian Consulate in San Francisco. He additional mentioned that the US is dedicated to the protection and safety of Indian diplomats.