A 17-year-old Indian-American youth was handcuffed and arrested by the police when he went to the rescue of his mother who was harassed and spit on her face by a Chinese national in Flushing area of Queens here.

An Indian diplomat's daughter is suing New York City's government for $1.5 million for what she claims was a wrongful arrest on the suspicion of sending obscene emails to her teacher in Queens' John Browne high school.