New Delhi, February 1:Government today lodged a strong protest with the US Embassy here over certain “unacceptable” comments by an American official on tagging of Indian students in California.
US Deputy Chief of Mission Donald Lu expressed regrets over the comments by Juliet Wur, Public Affairs Officer at the US Consulate in Hyderabad, when Jawed Ashraf, Joint Secretary (Americas) in the External Affairs Ministry, called him, sources said.
Wur had earlier in the day told reporters in Hyderabad that tagging was a “hip and happening” thing and wondered why Indians were agitated over it.
“Those anklets are used when you have somebody who might flee. And so you give them the choice — would you go to the prison or would you like an anklet. The anklets are very hip and happening.
–PTI