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A group of eminent Indian-Americans in Silicon Valley held a special meeting with senior officials of the Department of Justice, FBI and police in US. They said that the US soil is being used for terrorist activities against India. The group held the meeting with senior officials of the Department of Justice, FBI and local police this week on increasing hate crimes against Hindus in California.
During the meeting, Indian-Americans expressed their displeasure and dissatisfaction that the law enforcement agencies in the US have not been able to take any action against those who are espousing terrorism activities in India, according to multiple persons present in the meeting.
Ajai Jain Bhutoria, a community leader, took the initiative of this meeting to address the challenging issue of the rise in hate crimes against Hindu and Jain places of worship. It was attended by about two dozen eminent Indian-Americans. Also present were Vincent Plair and Harpreet Singh Mokha from the Department of Justice’s Community Relations Service along with FBI officials and those from the police departments of San Francisco, Milpitas, Freemont and Newark attended the meeting.
The sudden increase in hate crimes against Indian-Americans in general and the Hindus in particular is causing a lot of fear and anxiety in the community.
