The violence initially broke out at the Hindu temple in Brampton Sunday afternoon, while Indian consular officials were visiting. Officers were dispatched to the property around noon, Peel police said.
Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown said the priest spread 'violent rhetoric,' in a post on X Tuesday evening asking the community not to respond to violence and hate.
Hindu Sabha Mandir President Madhusudan Lama has suspended the pundit who spread violent rhetoric. The vast majority of Sikh Canadians and Hindu Canadians want to live in harmony and don't tolerate violence.
Peel police's public order unit eventually dispersed the groups. Later in the day, demonstrators made their way to the Westwood Mall in neighbouring Mississauga.
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