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India's top envoy in Australia has assured Indians that the government was 'very closely monitoring' their well-being in this country, as she asked them to not allow 'a few bad elements' to sour the otherwise warm Indo-Australian relationship.
Indian High Commissioner Sujatha Singh, who traveled to Melbourne, assured the Indian Sikh community that the perpetrators of the incident of arson on a local gurdwara will be brought to justice by the authorities.
Singh said she had been in daily -- 'even sometimes hourly' -- contact with the relevant Australian authorities to address the community's safety concerns.
"The incidents that have taken place in recent times have troubled us all, Indians and Australians alike. They have been condemned in the strongest possible terms by all right- thinking people," she said.
On her visit to the Lynbrook Gurdawara on Sunday, she said, "The incident of arson is receiving the full attention of the concerned authorities".
"I would like to assure you that both governments are united in their desire to see progress in bringing the perpetrators of these incidents to justice, and in bringing these incidents to a complete stop, ensuring that they do not happen again," Singh told the worshippers.
An incident of fire was reported at the gurdwara premises in Melbourne last week. The incident came amidst a series of unabated attacks on Indians in the country, two of which turned fatal.