Indian High Commission building was vandalised in London by Pakistani supporters on Tuesday | Photo Credit: Twitter

Key Highlights Violent protests broke out outside the Indian High Commission building in London on Tuesday Protesters hurled eggs, tomatoes and bottles at the building during the Tuesday protest A similar protest was held outside the Indian High Commission in London on August 15

London: The Indian High Commission in London was vandalised on Tuesday after protests by Pakistani supporters outside the building turned violent.

In a tweet, the Indian High Commission confirmed that the protests by Pakistani supporters had caused damage to the premises as a windowpane of the building was broken.

This comes days after India raised concerns regarding the protests outside the Indian High Commission on August 15 in the UK.

The Indian High Commission, on its official Twitter account 'India in UK', shared a picture of a damaged windowpane of the building. "Another violent protest outside the Indian High Commission in London today, 3 September 2019. Damage caused to the premises."

Responding to the tweet, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said that the attack was "unacceptable". He said, "I utterly condemn this unacceptable behaviour and have raised the incident with Metro Police UK to take action.

Meanwhile, two people have been arrested in connection with the vandalization of the Indian High Commission building in London.

As per reports, a group of protesters organised the 'Kashmir Freedom March' which went from Parliament Square to the High Commission building. The protest was led by a few UK Labour MPs as well. The Pakistani supporters in the protest carried flags of the Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) and raised slogans such as "Stop shelling in Kashmir" and "We want freedom".

I utterly condemn this unacceptable behaviour and have raised this incident with @metpoliceuk to take action. — Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) September 3, 2019

The protesters said that they had gathered to protest against the communication blockade in the Kashmir Valley for the last 30 days since the abrogation of Article 370 that granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

With no people to target, the protestors allegedly hurled eggs, tomatoes, shoes, stoned, smoke bombs and bottles at the Indian High Commission building. During the melee, a windowpane was also broken.

A few days earlier as well, unruly protesters had targeted the Indian High Commission over the Jammu and Kashmir situation.

On August 15, a large crowd of agitators - consisting of British Pakistani, Pakistani Kashmiris and pro-Khalistan Sikhs - had attempted to push forward across the police lines outside the Indian High Commission building. They had targeted members of the Indian community who had gathered at the Indian High Commission to celebrate Independence Day.

The agitators had thrown eggs, glass bottles, shoes and plastic bottles among other things at the crowd who was celebrating Independence Day.

Following the August 15 incident, PM Narendra Modi had raised the issue with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a telephonic conversation.

The British PM had assured PM Modi that all necessary precautions would be taken by the authorities to ensure the safety of the personnel and visitors at the Indian High Commission in London.