DHAKA: Members of the Sikh community are marching through central London in protest over the storming of India’s Golden Temple 30 years ago.

Thousands are attending the event, as protesters demand that the assault of June 1984 be recognized as a genocide.

Crowds from all over the country assembled in Hyde Park.

Sikhs say thousands were murdered when Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi sent the army into Sikhism’s holiest shrine to flush out militants.

Recently, British Sikhs have also been angered by the revelation in previously secret papers published by the UK government in January, which showed that an SAS officer was recruited to help plan the operation.

In February, an investigation by Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood found that British military advice was given to India ahead of the attack but it had only ‘limited impact’.

The London march, from Hyde Park to Trafalgar Square, was led by five Sikhs in ceremonial dress with swords drawn, and includes floats on the themes of ‘truth’, ‘freedom’ and ‘justice’.

Marchers carried symbolic black coffins, reports the BBC.

BDST: 2119 HRS, JUNE 08, 2014