The acting head of the India consulate was arrested in Manhattan for visa fraud and subject to search.
Authorities have accused Devyani Khobragade, India's deputy consul general for political, economic, commercial and women’s affairs, of submitting false visa applications and lying about paying her nanny only $3 an hour.
It is common in India for domestic staff to be paid poorly and be required to work more than 60 hours a week, abused or even imprisoned by employers.
And now Indian officials are retaliating. Today, workers removed a maze of cement security barricades from in front of the American Embassy, saying the barricades were blocking traffic.
Officials also downgraded American diplomatic privileges.
Revoke all VISAs of India Nationals.