India, June 7 -- The murder conviction of a British Sikh man who attempted a religious defence for the weapon he used to stab a teenager to death continues to cause tensions in the UK, with Downing Street and parliamentarians among those renewing appeals on Saturday.

Vickrum Digwa, 23, was sentenced to life imprisonment after a jury found him guilty of stabbing 18-year-old Henry Nowak to death.

While British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's spokesperson condemned "people trying to interfere in our democracy and seeking to stir up division on our streets" following the conviction, British Sikh MPs issued a joint statement to stress that the murder was "not about Sikhism.

"The Downing Street intervention followed US Vice President JD Vance'...