India, Nov. 13 -- Three teenagers have been arrested and charged by Canadian police in connection with an alleged hate-motivated incident in which they removed the turban of a passenger in a city bus.

The announcement of the arrests was made by police in the town of Barrie in the province of Ontario. The arrests were in connection for a pair of incidents that occurred on November 8 in Barrie.

Both occurred aboard Barrie Transit buses. The first on Sunday happened around 7.15 pm (local time) when the suspects "began harassing" a 26-year-old man aboard a bus.

"The suspects pushed and slapped the victim while making derogatory comments. When the victim sought the bus driver's aid, the suspects pushed him off the bus and onto the platform,...