New Delhi: India hit back on Thursday at the US over the arrest of its diplomat Devyani Khobragade and accused American officials of interfering with the Indian legal system.
Describing Khobragade as the "only ... victim" in this case, the external affairs ministry said the action taken against her violated the Vienna Convention.
"There were no courtesies in the treatment meted out to the diplomat, under the normal definition of that word in the English language," said spokesman Syed Akbaruddin.
The spokesman was responding to a Wednesday statement from the Manhattan US Attorney.
Khobragade was arrested in New York last week on charges of visa fraud and not paying her domestic help Sangeeta Richard. The diplomat has said she was humiliated in custody -- a charge the US has denied.
The ministry Thursday questioned the need for the US to stealthily evacuate from India the family of Richard, against whom Khobragade filed a case of cheating in New Delhi last year.
