<p>Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath Friday said India will not accept this US "mockery" and demanded it drop charges against Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"We won't accept any formality and America will have to drop charges and apologise. We will not accept this mockery," Nath told mediapersons.<br /><br />"America needs to understand that the time has changed, the world has changed and so has India," he added.<br /><br />He was reacting to US State Department spokesperson Marie Harf's statement in which she has made clear that charges won't be dropped against Khobragade.<br /><br />The 39-year-old deputy consul general in New York was strip-searched, cavity-searched and swabbed for DNA after her arrest in New York last week on charges of visa fraud and under-paying her maid. She was confined with criminals before being released on a $250,000 bail.<br />Following the incident, India accused the US of humiliating its consular official and violation of rights laid out by the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (VCCR).<br />India was adamant that the US apologise and admit its mistake.<br /><br />The US has regretted the incident but no formal apology has been issued.<br /></p>
<p>Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath Friday said India will not accept this US "mockery" and demanded it drop charges against Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"We won't accept any formality and America will have to drop charges and apologise. We will not accept this mockery," Nath told mediapersons.<br /><br />"America needs to understand that the time has changed, the world has changed and so has India," he added.<br /><br />He was reacting to US State Department spokesperson Marie Harf's statement in which she has made clear that charges won't be dropped against Khobragade.<br /><br />The 39-year-old deputy consul general in New York was strip-searched, cavity-searched and swabbed for DNA after her arrest in New York last week on charges of visa fraud and under-paying her maid. She was confined with criminals before being released on a $250,000 bail.<br />Following the incident, India accused the US of humiliating its consular official and violation of rights laid out by the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (VCCR).<br />India was adamant that the US apologise and admit its mistake.<br /><br />The US has regretted the incident but no formal apology has been issued.<br /></p>