Interview: Indian diplomat's lawyer arrest 'ill-conceived'

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The simmering tension between New Delhi and Washington over the arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York has escalated into a major row with the boycott of a visiting US Congressional delegation by India's political leaders.

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Daniel Arshack, the lawyer of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, called the charges "a significant error in judgment."