Barely days ahead of the ICC World Cup match scheduled in the hill stop stadium in Dharamshala, a wall of a government office in Himachal Pradesh’s Dharamshala was defaced with ‘Khalistan Zindabad’ graffiti, thereby raising concerns.
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00:00 Barely days ahead of the ICC World Cup match scheduled in the Hillstop Stadium in Dharamshala,
00:07 a wall of a government office in Himachal Pradesh's Dharamshala was defaced with Khalistan
00:13 Zindabad graffiti, thereby raising concerns.
00:17 This comes amid the ongoing tussle between India and Canada over the killing of the Khalistan
00:22 terrorist Hadeeb Singh Nijjar and the rise in anti-India activities in Canada and the
00:27 UK.
00:28 The Khalistan graffiti was seen outside a government office in the Kangra district of Dharamshala.
00:33 The police swept into action immediately after getting the information and painted the wall
00:38 to remove the slogan and said that they were investigating the matter.
00:43 Similar graffiti was found on the outer walls of the Vidhan Sava complex in Dharamshala a
00:47 few months ago.
00:49 At that time, US-based separatist Gurpatwan Singh Pannu had claimed responsibility for
00:54 the act.
00:55 The Kangra police had later arrested two youths from Murinda in Ropar district of Punjab for
01:00 creating the graffiti.
01:02 The much-awaited ICC World Cup 2023 starts on 5 October.
01:06 As many as five matches will be played in Dharamshala, with the first match being played
01:10 on 7 October between Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
01:14 Late last month, banned outfit, Six for Justice leader Gurpatwan Singh Pannu had threatened
01:20 to disrupt the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2023.
01:25 The SFJ is going to storm Ahmedabad with Khalistani flags.
01:28 "We will storm Modi Stadium and turn the World Cricket Cup into the World Terror Cup
01:34 to avenge Hardeep Singh Nijjar's killing," Pannu had said in a communication sent to
01:39 the media.
01:40 The first ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 on 5 October will be played at Narendra Modi Stadium
01:45 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
01:47 Pakistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar was wanted by the National Investigation Agency
01:51 for his role in terror activities and killed in the parking lot of Guru Nanak Sikh Gurudwara
01:57 Surrey on 18 June this year.
01:59 However, this is not the first time miscreants defaced walls with Khalistani slogans.
02:04 In May this year, flags of Khalistan were found draped over the gates and boundary wall
02:09 of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly in Dharamshala.
02:12 Pro-Khalistan graffiti was also painted on the walls.
02:14 Earlier this year, Himachal Pradesh had banned vehicles carrying Bhundanwale and Khalistan
02:18 flags, which agitated the SFJ.
02:21 The organisation had announced that it would hoist the Khalistani flag on 29 March but
02:26 could not do so due to heavy security.
02:28 The flag was hoisted on 29 March.