Indian diplomat’s daughter sues New York City govt

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Krittika Biswas, daughter of the vice-counsel at the Indian Consulate in 
Manhattan, Debashish Biswas, also claims that she was ill-treated in  the
prison.
Her lawyer Ravi Batra said that her more than 24-hour arrest on February  8 was
a violation of international law, federal law as well as State  and city law.
Mr. Batra said that neither Mr. Debashish Biswas, father of girl, nor  the
Consulate General of India, Prabhu Dayal, were informed of the  arrest.
Mr. Batra also claimed that Ms. Krittika Biswas, 18, had diplomatic  immunity
that prevented her from being arrested. But the Consulate  General said that
U.S. authorities informed him that the immunity did  not extend to family
members of the diplomat. “That did not cut any  ice,” he told PTI.
It soon emerged that Ms. Krittika Biswas did not send the emails and the 
school authorities eventually allowed her back to the school after the  real
culprit was found.
“They based it (the arrest) on basically nothing,” Ms. Krittika Biswas 
said, adding that the school did not suspend or arrest the Chinese  student who
actually sent the emails. “I don’t know why he wasn’t  arrested... the
principal pushed for my arrest.”

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