India, Sept. 18 -- India has asked Canadian authorities that the security of its officials and consular premises is safeguarded after a separatist group threatened a "siege" of the consulate general in Vancouver.

That "siege" was called by the secessionist group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), targeting the Vancouver consulate for a period of 12 hours on Wednesday. No such protests are believed to have been called in either Ottawa where the Indian High Commission in located or at the consulate general in Toronto.

A senior Indian official said the matter had been "strongly" raised with Global Affairs Canada (GAC), the country's foreign ministry. Directions flow from GAC to relevant authorities responsible for diplomatic security, including loca...