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'Khalistanis surrounded me...': Canadian journo who was assaulted, shares ordeal

'Khalistanis surrounded me...': Canadian journo who was assaulted, shares ordeal

Time of India14 hours ago

Canadian Investigative Journalist Mocha Bezirgan, who was physically assaulted by multiple Khalistanis in Canada on Sunday, said that an assailant was also a stalker, who had been tailing him for over a year. Bezirgan, in a conversation with ANI, said that the said Khaliststalker doxed his movements and assaulted him in front of the police. "Well, I'm still in Vancouver and it just happened two hours ago, not too long ago, and I'm still shaking because I was surrounded by multiple Khalistanis who acted like thugs. They surrounded me, threatened violence and they got physical with me. They grabbed my phone out of my hand in front of police, by the way," he said.
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