Khalistan supporters protest at Times Square in New York

A large number of Khalistan supporters staged a protest at the iconic Times Square in New York to express support for the fugitive radical preacher Amritpal SinghThe protesters took out a car rally that originated from the Baba Makhan Shah Lubana Sikh Center in the Richmond Hill neighbourhood and culminated at Times Square in the heart of Manhattan city on Sunday afternoon amid tight securityWith blaring music and loud horns a multitude of cars with Khalistani flags and LED mobile billboard trucks displaying photos of Singh crisscrossed the streets near the venueMen women and children gathered in large numbers at the popular New York destination carrying the Khalistan flags and raising slogans at the rallyThe protesters carrying placards reading Free Amritpal Singh held up photos of Singh as they raised antiIndia slogans Singhs photo was also displayed on one of the billboards at Times SquareThere was a heavy police presence in the area with several New York City Police Department NYPD vans and cars manning the areaAlso Read Two people shot at California gurdwara in USThe car rally came a day after Khalistan supporters gathered outside the Indian Embassy in Washington on Saturday where many of their speakers tried to incite violence but timely intervention by an alert US Secret Service and local police prevented a repeat of London and San Francisco incidents of vandalism at the Indian missionsIndia on Friday said it expects to see action against the perpetrators of vandalism at its missions abroad and hoped the host governments would prosecute those involved in these incidents instead of holding out assurancesAddressing the weekly briefing External Affairs Ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi said New Delhi also expects the host governments to take measures to prevent the recurrence of such incidentsI think we are not just interested in assurances I think we would like to see action the External Affairs Ministry spokesman saidAmritpal has been on the run since March 18 when the police launched a crackdown against hi The elusive preacher gave the police the slip and escaped their dragnet when his cavalcade was intercepted in Punjabs Jalandhar districtThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever