Toronto, April 7 -- The Indo-Canadian community has expressed alarm over the "deliberate" attempt at harassment and intimidation of Hindu Canadians even as two protests by pro-Khalistan elements outside two major temples in Canada passed off without incident on Sunday. Local law enforcement didn't allow protesters to come within 100 metres of the premises of the Triveni Mandir Brampton in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and the Lakshmi Narayan Mandir in Surrey, British Columbia. The rallies, called by the secessionist group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), featured anti-India slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and India's high commissioner and consul generals in Canada. In a statement, the Board of Directors of the GTA temple said, "We are deeply disappointed that a group is permitted to harass a place of worship without meaningful consequence." They added that the protesters used noise as harassment, stating the "persistent use of high-powered speakers and megaphones is a form of intimidation that physical distance alone does not resolve". The protest in Brampton also featured a tableau with violent imagery of the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in October 1984 by her bodyguards. Earlier, in a joint letter sent to, among others, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, over 30 Hindu temples and civic organisations said, "These protests represent a deliberate attempt to intimidate and harass Hindu Canadians at their sacred places of worship." They called upon Carney and the government to "ensure the safety and security of all Hindu temples and devotees"....