US chain targeted as envoy row rages
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Indian protesters ransacked a Dominos Pizza outlet in Mumbai yesterday, demanding a ban on US goods as officials from the two countries struggled to defuse a row over the arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York.
Police and the Indian franchise of the US chain said no one was hurt in the attack, which came amid unrelenting rage over the arrest and subsequent strip-search of Devyani Khobragade for visa fraud and under-payment of her housekeeper.
India has demanded that the charges be dropped against the diplomat and her father threatened to start a fast if US authorities pressed ahead with the case.
US Secretary of State John Kerry expressed regret over the case in a phone call to India’s national security adviser this week, but US prosecutors have defended the investigation against Khobragade and her treatment.
Police in Mumbai said they were stepping up patrolling of major US outlets including McDonald’s after workers of the Republican Party of India attacked the Dominos store.
“The fact is that (the) American authorities have behaved atrociously with an Indian diplomat. And obviously, America has to make good for its actions,” said Manish Tiwari, minister for information and broadcasting.
“So therefore, I think it is a legitimate expectation, that if they have erred, and they have erred grievously in this matter, they should come forth and apologize.”
Khobragade was arrested last week and released on US$250,000 bail after giving up her passport and pleading not guilty to charges of visa fraud and making false statements about how much she paid her housekeeper. She faces a maximum of 15 years in prison if convicted on both counts.
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