India strongly condemns the violent acts which unfortunately resulted in the death of the US Ambassador to Libya and other officials. Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai has spoken to the US Ambassador in Delhi and conveyed our condolences at the tragic loss of life.”
Meanwhile Security at the US Embassy in Delhi and four of its Consulates across India, is being tightened following killing of a top American diplomat in Libya and a protest at its mission in neighbouring Egypt. Talking to reporters in New Delhi this evening, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said that the centre has directed beefing up of security at all US missions in the country. Apart from its Embassy in New Delhi, the United States has four Consulates in Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Hyderabad.
The five US diplomatic missions are considered high risk category buildings and are being provided round-the- clock security including monitoring of ingress and egress of every individual.
The directive to beef up security has come in the wake of the killing of American Ambassador to Libya and three other embassy staff in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi.
