By IANS,
New Delhi/Washington: India Saturday summoned US deputy chief of mission Donald Lu and conveyed its “strong concerns” over the “pat down” search Indian Ambassador Meera Shankar was subjected to at a US airport.
Lu was summoned by Javed Ashraf, joint secretary (Americas), to his office in India’s external affairs ministry in South Block.
Shankar was subjected to a “pat down” search at the Jackson-Evers International Airport Dec 4 after her visit as a guest of the Mississippi State University.
“We made it clear it was unacceptable,” a source in the external affairs ministry said.
According to the Jackson Clarion-Ledger, Shankar was singled out from a group of 30 passengers and pulled aside. Witnesses told the paper that she was chosen as she was wearing a sari, and was patted down despite her diplomatic passport.