India asks US to remove embassy officer

2014-01-11 226

An American official will be leaving the U.S. embassy in New Delhi, at the request of the Indian government.

Relations between the two countries have soured, after the arrest and strip search of an Indian diplomat in New York.

She's been accused of visa fraud and lying to the authorities - but flew home after getting diplomatic immunity.

Al Jazeera's Nidhi Dutt reports from New Delhi.

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