India, Nov. 1 -- The Russian embassy said on Saturday that it is in close contact with Indian authorities over the matter of a Russian woman who escaped India with her child, despite the Supreme Court granting shared custody to her and the child's father, an Indian national.

The embassy's response came a day after the Supreme Court pulled up Delhi Police for failing to make headway in tracing the Russian citizen named Victoria Basu. The court had questioned why Russian embassy officials allegedly involved in arranging her escape were not custodially interrogated and a red corner notice was not issued through Interpol for more than three months since Basu left the country.

Referring to reports in the media about the court proceedings inv...