Follow local laws: The unnecessary spat over a diplomat's arrest

The high-profile arrest on a Manhattan street of a mid-level Indian diplomat has set off a minor confrontation between India and the United States that should have been avoided. Devyani Khobragade, India's deputy consul general in New York, was arrested and handcuffed by officers of the South New York district attorney's office on charges of visa fraud. The allegations are being called "grave" by the US, but are being dismissed as non-serious by the Indian authorities.

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