India asks US to remove diplomat as relations worsen

The diplomatic spat between India and the United States flared up again today, with India asking the American Embassy to remove one of its officers despite the US allowing an indicted Indian diplomat to return home.

The move is a sign that US-Indian relations remain tense, after a month of diplomatic drama during which incensed Indian officials described the arrest and strip search of Devyani Khobragade, India’s deputy consul general in New York, as outrageous and barbaric.