So, India puts in motion what we believe will be an effective way to address the issue of the humiliation of its diplomat in the US, Devyani Khobragade.

To begin with, US diplomats in consulates all over the country have been asked to surrender their identity cards, while import permits are also being withdrawn.

Senior leaders like Rahul Gandhi, Sushilkumar Shinde and Narendra Modi have refused to meet a US Congress delegation. In fact, all ministers had been told boycott the US delegation.

Further, the Delhi Police will remove all barricades outside the US Embassy with immediate effect.

India has also asked for details of salaries paid to Indian employees.

After Khobragade was arrested and handcuffed in public in New York, she was also reportedly subjected to a humiliating strip search and was kept in a cell with drug addicts after her arrest for alleged visa fraud last week.