New Delhi: India on Thursday condemned an incident of trespassing and vandalism at its Embassy premises in Croatia, describing it as a violation of international law.The Union Ministry of External Affairs issued a statement confirming that “anti-India elements” had breached the embassy premises. India has raised the matter with Croatian authorities both in New Delhi and Zagreb, demanding accountability for what it called “reprehensible and illegal actions.”“Under the Vienna Convention, diplomatic premises are inviolable and must be protected,” the ministry said, invoking the 1961 international treaty that safeguards diplomatic missions from intrusion or damage.It added that India had “taken up the matter strongly with Croatian authorities, both in New Delhi and in Zagreb” and had asked them “to hold the perpetrators accountable for their reprehensible and illegal actions”.The statement further said that “such actions also speak of the character and motives of those behind them”, adding that “law enforcement authorities everywhere would do well to take note of them”.The statement followed claims circulated on social media by the proscribed Sikhs For Justice that its supporters had removed the Indian national flag from the Embassy premises and raised a Khalistan flag. In online posts and videos, the group sought to frame the incident as a political act ahead of India’s Republic Day, with top European officials set to be the chief guests at the ceremony in New Delhi.SFJ general counsel Gurpatwant Singh Pannun was quoted in the videos as making threats against Indian diplomatic missions and asserting that Indian embassies would be taken over in the future. The group’s messaging also repeated allegations against the Indian state, which New Delhi has consistently rejected as false and motivated.