India, Nov. 28 -- The Russian embassy has denied any involvement of its officers named by the Delhi Police for allegedly helping a missing Russian woman flee India with her minor son in violation of a Supreme Court order - the latest twist in the international custody dispute.

The woman, Viktoriia Basu, is accused of fleeing the country with her minor son without informing the child's father.

In a status report filed before the Supreme Court ahead of Friday's hearing, the Delhi Police placed on record a communication from the Russian embassy to the Union ministry of external affairs (MEA). In it, the embassy said that counsellor Arthur Gerbst, accused of arranging a vehicle to help Basu travel to Bihar and then to Nepal, had merely requ...