A Brampton man has been arrested and charged with assault with a weapon following a protest outside the Hindu Sabha Mandir on The Gore Road earlier this week.
The 35-year-old man is the second person to be arrested in connection with the protest. On Wednesday police arrested a 57-year-old Toronto man who has been charged with publicly inciting hatred.
Peel Regional Police say they responded to an altercation during a demonstration at the Mandir on Nov. 3.
As tensions between opposing sides increased, the demonstrations became physical and assaultive, police said in a news release on Saturday.
Police say they began investigating several offences that occurred during the demonstration, many of which were captured on video; including individuals using flags and sticks to assault people.
Police say the 35-year-old man was arrested on Friday. He was released on conditions and is to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton at a later date.
A strategic investigative team dedicated to investigating incidents of criminality during the Nov. 3 and 4 incidents has since been formed, police said in the release.
Police are reminding the public that complex investigations such as these take time and that individuals are arrested as they are identified and in no specific order.
Investigators continue to analyze hundreds of videos of the incidents and are working to identify additional suspects involved in criminality and anticipate further arrests, police say.