After removal $tabs.data('selected.tabs') contains wrong information

I have a tabs with 5 pages. Simpe test case:

$tabs = $("#tabPageSections > ul").tabs({
        cache: true,
        ajaxOptions:{
            dataType:"html",
            success: attachevents
        }
    });

Code snippet for delete
{
   var selected = $tabs.data('selected.tabs');
   alert (selected);
   $("#tabPageSections > ul").tabs("remove",selected);
}

After every delete the visually selected tab is 0, but the alert always returns(1). Delete is started by a mouse click on a link with onclick event. The first deletion works as expected but on second deletion not at selected tab is deleted but the tab after the visually selected one.

This is very problematic if the user deletes several tabs without changing the tab becaus the wrong tab gets deleted.

If i change the tabe back and forth before the next delete the alerted index is fine.