Two Sikh Rally Organizers Say They Were Wrongly Arrested Amid Parliament Bomb Scare

Two Sikh Rally Organizers Say They Were Wrongly Arrested Amid Parliament Bomb Scare
Police respond to an incident on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 11, 2022. The Canadian Press/ Patrick Doyle
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Two organizers of a Sikh event set to take place on Parliament Hill Saturday say they were arrested and released after being wrongfully identified in connection to a bomb threat in the area.

Manveer Singh, an organizer of a remembrance rally for the 1984 massacre of Sikhs in India, said his group had received a permit to gather on the Hill, but when they arrived they were told they were not allowed to be there because of an ongoing threat in the area.