India, Sept. 11 -- India on Wednesday rebuked Switzerland at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), rejecting comments made by the Swiss delegation on the treatment of minorities in India as "surprising, shallow, and ill-informed", media reports said.

The exchange took place during the General Debate on the oral update by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights at the Council's ongoing 60th Session in Geneva.

Switzerland, which currently holds the UNHRC presidency, urged New Delhi to take stronger action to protect minorities and uphold freedoms of expression and the media.

India's response

Representing India, Kshitij Tyagi, Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of India in Geneva, said Switzerland's remarks misrepresented r...