A file photo of Delhi Police officers at the US embassy. A file photo of Delhi Police officers at the US embassy.

A day after Mail Today reported that New Delhi has asked the American embassy to shut down its club facilities and stop the selling of duty free liquor to missions of other countries, the Indian government has winched up the pressure even more. Upset with the US embassy ignoring its protests and diplomatic notes verbale, India has now set the Delhi Police loose on American diplomats, in another attempt to discipline them.A letter has been sent to the Delhi Police and marked to the Union home ministry, asking for specific steps by the Delhi Traffic Police to ensure that any act of drunken driving by US diplomats in the Capital is sternly dealt with.Specifically citing the 77 CD diplomatic code given to the United States, the note suggests that there should not be any leniency, and the diplomat should be taken out of the vehicle and a breathalsyer test be conducted on the spot. In case the diplomat is found under the influence, the car is to be impounded and necessary action be taken as with other drunk drivers.Sources in the Ministry of Home Affairs said that in the past some cases of drunken behaviour were brought to its notice but the cops were lenient since the diplomats cited diplomatic immunity - which is at the centre of the current dispute between India and the US over Devyani Khobragade. This is not the only step the police has been asked to take.Traffic cops have also been told to flag down and fine any US embassy vehicle which doesn't have proper registration. "We have been informed that some US officials are using 77 CD plates with an applied for (AF) number, which is a violation of norms under the Motor Vehicles Act," a senior official told Mail Today.The Delhi Police sources added that also on the list is any parking violation by US embassy vehicles and tinted glasses, which is a violation of Supreme Court orders. While the officials claim that they are simply restoring diplomatic parity, many argue that these concessions should not have been given in the first place and are unlikely to be restored