The family behind a bombed-out Mississauga restaurant at the centre of a police manhunt is speaking out with relief and gratitude over the speedy treatment and release of all 15 victims, saying it has been deeply moved by a global “outpouring of love and solidarity.”

After a lengthy interview Saturday with investigators with Peel Police 12 Division, Bombay Bhel owner Mohan Nagpal continued to decline all contact with the media. His son-in-law, Ilija Vasic, told the Star the family is “extremely reluctant to stand in the limelight — they don’t in any way want to be seen as exploiting this situation at the expense of the victims who suffered personal injury.”

Instead, Nagpal’s family took to the restaurant’s Facebook page to break their silence, writing “how relieved we are that all 15 people injured in this awful act of crime have been released from the hospital. Words cannot express how our hearts go out to those families.”

The Bombay Bhel message continued with gratitude for the “outpouring of love and solidarity, not only from Mississauga and the GTA, but from all over the world. We have been serving our customers for over 30 years and will do so for another 30 years.

“We are co-operating with the police during their investigation at this time as we have no knowledge of motivation for this terrible incident,” the family said.

Police say there is as yet no evidence suggesting the blast could be categorized either as a hate crime or terrorism, and they remain on the hunt for two suspects who fled the scene after igniting what police describe as an improvised-explosive device.

Officials said a news conference will likely be held later this week.

As the investigation continued, Peel police issued a rebuke on Sunday, reminding anyone with information about Thursday’s bomb attack on a Mississauga restaurant that they — and not the Indian Consulate of Toronto — are the ones to call.

“Although we appreciate the assistance of any outside agencies and community partners, we would prefer than any information in relation to this incident be provided directly to investigators through a dedicated tip line at 1-800-966-0616,” Peel police said in a written statement to the Star.

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The police reminder comes in the wake of a warning over the weekend from the Ontario Gurdwaras Committee (OGC), a major Sikh organization, that the Indian Consulate of Toronto was overstepping its diplomatic reach by establishing a hotline to gather information about the attack.

Indian Consular officials have insisted the emergency line was established to offer support to Indian nationals and Indo-Canadian families impacted by Thursday’s attack on the Bombay Bhel restaurant on Hurontario Street near Eglinton Ave.

Peel police say there is no indication an explosion which injured 15 people at a Mississauga restaurant was an act of terrorism or a hate crime. (The Canadian Press)

Earlier Sunday, a Peel police source, speaking on background, reacted sharply when told of the OGC’s warning about the hotline in operation at the Indian Consulate.

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“Anyone contacting the Consulate with information, we would expect to hear about that immediately. We are handling this. Period,” the source said.

The more diplomatic formal statement came hours later.

It’s not the first time Indian diplomats have faced accusations of overstepping their bounds in Toronto. In March, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland’s office rebuked local Indian officials for “inappropriate” interference in domestic affairs after the Globe And Mail exposed the details of a 2017 controversy involving a Brampton cultural festival.

The Globe report alleged that Indian diplomats attempted to dissuade the organizers of the Carabram festival from having separate Punjab and India pavilions. Punjab is the only state in India with a Sikh majority.

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