A group of eminent Indian-Americans from Silicon Valley in the US held a special meeting with senior officials of the Justice Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and police and told them that American soil is being used for terrorist activities against India. Is.
The group met this week with senior officials from the Justice Department, FBI and local police over rising hate crimes against Hindus in California.
According to several people present at the meeting, Indian-Americans expressed anger and dissatisfaction over the fact that law enforcement agencies in the US are not taking any action against those who support terrorist activities in India.
The meeting was organized on the initiative of community leader Ajay Jain Bhutoria over the rise in hate crimes against Hindu and Jain temples. About two dozen eminent Indian-Americans participated in it.
Vincent Player and Harpreet Singh Mokha from the Justice Department’s Community Relations Service, as well as FBI officials and officers from the police departments of San Francisco, Milpitas, Fremont and Newark also attended the meeting.
After the meeting, Indian-Americans said that there is a lot of fear and concern in the community due to the sudden increase in hate crimes against them, especially Hindus.
He said that pro-Khalistan people park trucks outside schools and grocery stores owned by Indians and intimidate young Indian-Americans.
Many members of the community expressed their displeasure that law enforcement agencies have not been able to take any action against those who were involved in the attempt to burn the Indian Consulate in San Francisco and were openly threatening Indian diplomats and There were open calls for terrorist incidents in India.
Some members present at the meeting told PTI that senior law enforcement officials said that they did not have information about the Khalistan movement in the US and they wanted Indians to help them in increasing information about these terrorist groups in the US. . He also said that he could not take action due to lack of resources and funds and that he had other top priorities.
“This meeting was an important occasion as we came together to combat the rise in hate crimes targeting Hindu places of worship,” Bhutoria said. He said, “In the last four months, more than 11 temples have been attacked, vandalized and hateful things written on in the Bay Area alone. “There is fear in our community, but our collective resolve is stronger than ever.”