India Overreacted To Devyani’s Arrest, Says U.S. Media

WASHINGTON – TheAmerican media, which demandedaction by the ObamaAdministration when a juniorconsular staff was detained inLahore for killing two men, hasattacked the Indian governmentfor siding with its diplomat afterher arrest and ill-treatment.“India is siding with a womanwho was in the wrong, wholied, paid her help poorly andnow is brazen enough to claimthat she should not be treatedlike a criminal,” said a columnin The Washington Post on thearrest of Devyani Khobragade.“What’s ‘deplorable’, touse the prime minister’s words,is not Khobragade’s treatment,which was standard, but the factthat many in India aren’t speakingout against the treatmentof the nanny,” said the columntitled ‘Why India is upset aboutDevyani Khobragade, and whyit’s wrong’. “India’s reaction isdisappointing…,” it added.The New York Times criticisedthe Indian government forits stand on Khobragade, theDeputy Consul General in NewYork, who was arrested lastweek for alleged visa fraud.“India’s overwrought reactionto the arrest of one of itsdiplomats in the US is unworthyof a democratic government,”the Times said in an editorial.