US correspondent of the Press Trust of India Lalit K Jha, who changed into verbally intimidated and bodily assaulted via way of means of Khalistan supporters at the same time as overlaying the occasion on the Indian Embassy in Washington on Saturday, stated the separatists delivered bundles of wood sticks that had been stored withinside the park that has the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the front of the workplace constructing.
The wood sticks had been just like the ones which had been used to interrupt the door and home windows and ruin the glasses of the Indian Consulate in San Francisco. While one package deal changed into used to show the separatist flag, the opposite package deal of approximately 20 sticks changed into stored aside, PTI stated quoting Jha.
What Lalit K Jha noticed at some point of protest via way of means of Khalistan supporters:
1. Khalistan supporters hurled abusive language and overtly threatened Indian ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu. Sandhu changed into now no longer withinside the embassy on the time of the protest.
2. In their speeches, maximum of the protestors had been visible looking to incite violence now no longer handiest in India however right here as well, along with bodily harm to the Indian Embassy property.
three. Some of the audio system had been visible inciting fellow protestors to bask in violence and smash the home windows and glasses of the constructing throughout the road.
4. Secret Service employees, who had been intently looking this, very quickly rushed to the spot and requested the protesters to head returned to the certain protest vicinity, earlier than any untoward incident should happen.
5. It seemed that the protesters got here organized to do some thing comparable like destructive Indian homes on the Indian consulate in San Francisco and the Indian excessive fee in London.
6. Organisers of the protest had a totally adverse technique toward the Indian reporter overlaying the protest. They now no longer handiest obstructed him via way of means of coming in the front of the digital digicam and putting the Khalistan flag on his face, stored pushing him, however additionally threatened dire consequences.
7. One of the protesters abused Jha and changed into asking questions like you’ve got got to inform me what are you going to report?
8. Sometime later, of the protesters got here toward the reporters, who had been status close to the Secret Service employees. One of them instructed the Secret Service that Jha be requested to leave “my land” that is federal property.
9. The Secret Service employees requested the reporter if he changed into adequate and if he desired to inn a complaint. The journalist stated he did now no longer intend to inn a complaint.
10. The separatists left the vicinity round after three pm and one in all them changed into visible retaining the package deal of wood sticks withinside the trunk of the SUV.
