Indian Consulate in Melbourne vandalised, Excessive Fee raises problem with Australian authorities

The newest vandalism is just not the primary “anti-India” occasion in Australia, as final 12 months, in October, a number of masked extremists broke into two Hindu temples in Australia’s Canberra and carried out vandalism.
The Indian Consulate in Melbourne, Australia, was vandalised, with graffiti discovered on the entrance entrance of the Consulate constructing positioned at 344 St Kilda Street on Thursday. The Indian Excessive Fee in Canberra raised the problem because it stated in a social media submit, “The incident of defacing on the premises of the Consulate Common of India in Melbourne by miscreants has been raised with Australian authorities. All vital steps are being taken to make sure the security and safety of Indian diplomatic and consular premises and personnel within the nation.”
A police spokesperson shared the main points of the incident, saying, “Officers imagine the entrance entry of the constructing was graffitied in a single day, someday between Wednesday 9 and Thursday 10 April. An investigation into the harm stays ongoing.”
This isn’t the primary anti-India incident in Australia, as in 2023, shortly after Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s go to, flags had been discovered tied to the Indian Consulate in Brisbane.
In one other incident, miscreants defaced the BAPS Swaminarayan Temple in Sydney, as reported by the BBC.