Indian PM Deplores US Treatment To Indian Diplomat

New Delhi, Dec 19, IRNA -- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday termed as "deplorable" the treatment meted out to Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade by the US authorities. This is deplorable, he told reporters outside Parliament when asked to comment on her ill treatment in New York. The Prime Ministers remarks on the issue came soon after the government asserted in Parliament that India will take strong steps to ensure the return of the 39-year-old diplomat, who was arrested, and restoration of her dignity. Khobragade was taken into custody on a street in New York as she was dropping her daughter to school. She was released on a USD 250,000 bond after pleading not guilty in court./end