LONDON, April 29 (Alliance News): The Metropolitan Police are continuing investigations into one Indian man for charges of affray, threats, and racially aggravated public order offences following a protest outside the Pakistan High Commission in London last Friday.
The protest, organized by Indian nationals, was met with a counter-demonstration by members of the Pakistani community.
According to a Met Police spokesperson, two men were arrested at the scene for verbally abusing a Muslim police officer. One of them, a 26-year-old, was arrested on suspicion of affray and a public order offence but has since been released without further action.
The second man, aged 33, has been released on bail while investigations continue, with a court date expected in June.
The 33-year-old gained online notoriety after footage emerged showing him issuing threats and then fleeing when confronted by police.
In a separate incident, British Kashmiri Ankit Love, 41, was formally charged with criminal damage after allegedly smashing windows and doors of the Pakistan High Commission on Sunday, April 27.
The Metropolitan Police said they were called to Lowndes Square, Kensington, around 5pm, in response to the attack.
CCTV footage showed Love vandalizing the building, causing significant damage. He was later taken into custody and charged.
Love, who has no fixed address, is originally from Indian-occupied Kashmir and describes himself as a musician and political activist. In 2016, he founded the “One Love” party and contested the London mayoral election against Sadiq Khan and Zac Goldsmith.
In past statements, he has also declared himself the “maharaja” of the Dogra dynasty of Jammu and Kashmir, referencing his father Bhim Singh, the late head of the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party.
Over the weekend, tensions escalated as Pakistani and Indian diaspora communities held rival demonstrations in central London, reflecting growing diplomatic friction between Islamabad and New Delhi following the recent Pahalgam attack in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
Pakistan has strongly denied involvement in the attack, offered to participate in a transparent investigation, and warned that it may suspend the Simla Agreement and close its airspace to Indian flights in response to New Delhi’s actions.
