The Consulate General of India in Vancouver has expressed strong condemnation for the recent assault on a 17-year-old Sikh high school student at a bus stop in Canada's British Columbia province. The incident, which occurred at the intersection of Rutland Road South and Robson Road East, is being viewed as a potential hate crime. According to local reports, the Sikh student was involved in an altercation with another teenager, which escalated into a physical assault where he was allegedly kicked, punched, and pepper-sprayed.