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Krittika Biswas, the daughter of an Indian diplomat who was arrested in February and accused of sending threatening and obscene emails to a teacher, broke down on Monday and explained why she is suing the city for $1.5 million.

“One of my friends recently asked me, aren't you shameful you got arrested?” said Biswas. “I was like, I didn't do anything.”

Biswas denied the charges, which were dismissed by the Queens District Attorney before she was even arraigned, and claimed that her handcuffs were so tight, she was left pinched and bruised.

According to Biswas, she was also interrogated before being read her rights, refused access to a bathroom and that police officers ignored her claim of diplomatic immunity.

“There was no access granted, as the Vienna Convention requires,” said Ravi Batra, her attorney. “It’s not an option, it’s a pillar of world society.”

Though her record was cleared by the district attorney, the Department of Education suspended Biswas from school. A month into her suspension, the DOE also dropped the charges.

Biswas said another student finally confessed to sending the emails and was suspended but not arrested. Documents reveal the school never had credible evidence pinning the harassing emails on Biswas.

“It's criminally stupid, and it doesn't say much for our disciplinary system in the schools,” said Batra.

The lawyer described the situation as a "grave insult," and he called on Mayor Michael Bloomberg to personally address it. He said it could otherwise damage relations between the diplomatic community and the city, and between Indians and the United States.

The DOE will not comment on the case because of the pending litigation. New York City Police Department officials, meanwhile, said their officers did nothing wrong.