The Vancouver Police Department says it鈥檚 beefing up security outside India鈥檚 Consulate after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said this week there was credible intelligence about a potential link between India鈥檚 government and the killing of a Sikh community leader in B.C.

Const. Tania Visintin, the department鈥檚 media relations officer, says police are 鈥渃losely monitoring the situation鈥� since Trudeau鈥檚 announcement about the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a vocal supporter of an independent Sikh homeland, who was shot dead in Surrey in June.

She says Vancouver police aren鈥檛 aware of any specific threats to Indian consular officials, but have increased police presence at the downtown Vancouver consulate.

Visintin says police are also working with city officials to implement a no-stopping zone on Howe Street outside the building that houses the consulate.

Two Vancouver police officers stationed outside the building in a police cruiser Wednesday morning said they weren鈥檛 authorized to speak to media.

No one from the consulate was made available to comment on the police presence.

A sign on the door tells visitors to check in with security before visiting the consulate, with a private security guard stationed in the building鈥檚 lobby screening entrants.

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly said last week that Canada had offered round-the-clock security to India鈥檚 diplomats.

A statement released by the Indian government Wednesday warns Indian nationals of 鈥済rowing anti-India activities鈥� in Canada, telling potential travellers to 鈥渆xercise utmost caution.鈥�

The statement says Indian diplomats and others in the community have received threats for their opposition to what it calls 鈥渢he anti-India agenda.鈥�

Signs blaming Indian diplomats for Nijjar鈥檚 killing have been posted around B.C.鈥檚 Lower Mainland and elsewhere for months.

Joly said in July that such a poster advertising a protest in Toronto was 鈥渦nacceptable.鈥�

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