New Delhi, Jan. 6 -- On the US attack on Venezuela's capital, Former Indian permanent representative to UN Geneva Dilip Sinha said that the US Operation in Venezuela was not an arrest, but abduction.

Sinha, while speaking to ANI, said that the US action is a vile violation of the international law.

He said, "This is not technically an arrest, but an abduction... The US doesn't have jurisdiction in Venezuela. This is an abduction where a head of state has been kidnapped and taken to the US... It is a violation of international law," he said.

He added that the US did this because he wanted to claim the massive oil reserves in Venezuela.

"The reason he has settled on is taking claim to the oil reserves of Venezuela. Because, while there ...