After being recognized in footage of a demonstration at the Hindu Sabha temple in Brampton on Sunday, a Peel Regional Police officer was suspended, according to CBC News.

Notably, 18-year veteran Sergeant Harinder Sohi is the suspended officer. Due to death threats Sergeant Sohi has received on social media after being suspended, the Peel Regional Police Association has offered “assistance and protection.” There are currently no accusations of misconduct against Sohi.

A spokesman for Peel Police, Richard Chin, said that the police department is aware of the social media video that shows one of their off-duty officers taking part in a demonstration.

“We are aware that a video of an off-duty Peel police officer participating in a protest is making the rounds on social media. Since then, the Community Safety and Policing Act has been used to suspend this officer. According to CBC News, Chin said, “We are looking into the situation as it is shown in the video and cannot give any more details until this investigation is finished.”

Peel Regional Police, however, said that they are using police to guarantee “peaceful and lawful” planned demonstrations.

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“Officers will be deployed to ensure peace and lawfulness at planned demonstrations,” the Peel Regional Police noted in a post shared on X. There is no place for violence or other criminal activity in our community.

The Peel Regional Police said a day earlier that four individuals, including Dilpreet Singh Bouns, 43, Vikas, 23, and Amritpal Singh, 31, were taken into custody by detectives in connection with the demonstrations in Brampton and Mississauga.

Additionally, the Peel Regional Police said on Monday that they had made a number of arrests related to the demonstrations in Mississauga and Brampton, Ontario. Amritpal Singh, 31, Vikas, 23, and Dilpreet Singh Bouns, 43, were among the four individuals taken into custody.

“Four people have been arrested by investigators in connection with protests in the City of Brampton and Mississauga,” the police stated in a statement. Officers responded to a trespassing allegation from a group of protesters outside a house of worship near The Gore Road in Brampton on Sunday, November 3, 2024, at about 12:00 pm. Later, there was a protest in Mississauga along Goreway Drive and Etude Drive. Shortly later, a third protest took place outside a house of worship near Airport Road and Drew Road in Mississauga. These protests seem to be connected even though they took place in three separate places. There were other incidents between protesters and worshipers. After being detained on an unrelated outstanding warrant, a fourth person was later freed.

“As a result, three men were arrested and charged,” the police said, providing further information about those who had been taken into custody. A 43-year-old Mississauga man named Dilpreet Singh Bouns was charged with disturbing the peace and assaulting a peace officer; a 23-year-old Brampton man named Vikas was charged with assault with a weapon; and a 31-year-old Mississauga man named Amritpal Singh was charged with mischief exceeding $5,000 USD. before a later time, all three males will appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton.

An Indian consulate camp at the Hindu Sabha Temple in Brampton, Canada, was the scene of a “violent disruption” earlier on Sunday. Brampton is close to Toronto.

The Hindu Canadian Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports the Hindu community in Canada, posted a video of the temple assault after the attacks and claimed that women and children were attacked by the Khalistani terrorists.

The ‘anti-India’ elements’ “violent disruption” outside a consular camp was denounced by the Indian High Commission in Canada. Any future activities would be planned “contingent on security arrangements” established by the local authorities, the high commission said.