To cool down the tension between U.S and India over the arrest of Indian diplomat in New York ,US under deputy secretary of state for political affairs Wendy Sherman met foreign secretary Sujatha Singh in New Delhi.This is a follow up on secretary of state John Kerry's telephonic talk with Indian national security advisor Shivshankar Menon.

Kerry had expressed regret over the public handcuffing and strip-search of Indian deputy consular general Devyani Khobragade in custody after her arrest last week for alleged visa fraud.

Sherman also distanced the State Department from the statement issued by US attorney Preet Bharara on the diplomat's case

India asked the US to drop the visa fraud case against Devyani Khobragade "We have asked for an explanation for what has happened... and why, and we have asked for the cases to be dropped and withdrawn immediately," said foreign minister Salman Khurshid.New Delhi wasn't convinced there was a case against Khobragade who has been treated like a common criminal, he said.

Parliamentary affairs minister Kamal Nath went a step further saying “ nothing short of an apology can douse the flames”