Diplomat Devyani Khobragade leaves US for home

[KRAIT]

That is not answer to my question!
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It did work.

 

[IndoUS]

Interesting so in the end the US granted her the diplomatic status. Weird if they thought they had the case they should have charged her.

 

[JanjaWeed]

Thank god... this has come to an end! btw... I hope India won't roll back on all those privileges they took away from Americans in India.

 

[timetravel]

we have our girl coming back... congrats to all.

 

[sincity]

Now India will have their own criminal romp free on their soil, she better not set foot in the US otherwise she will face justice in US court. She was ordered to leave the US if she want to not face justice.

 

[oFFbEAT]

Thank god... this has come to an end! btw... I hope India won't roll back on all those privileges they took away from Americans in India.

why........to snatch them back again when another such incident occurs?
I think these 'privileges' and 'immunity' thing must be sorted out once and for all.....

The Americans said that its not their problem that India gives 'undue' privileges to the American diplomats in India and the Indian diplomat will be prosecuted according to their law........so why give those 'undue' privileges back....

 

[Gandhi G in da house]

Look @ all these butthurt Chinese and Pakistanis and others masquerading as Canadians or Italians go crazy.

Cry baby cry


I do hope she is taken to task back here in India though. I am not a fan of this lady at all.

 

[Jade]

She is married to an American. However, I think her chance of getting U.S citizenship effectively ends here.

Next time an Indian diplomat will think twice before lying in a Visa application.

Who wants a US citizenship and particularly why would she wants the US citizenship

 

[MilSpec]

And how does india plan to restore friendship with italy after all that hate against us?

We Dont!!

 

[JanjaWeed]

Look @ all these butthurt Chinese and Pakistanis and others masquerading as Canadians or Italians go crazy.

Cry baby cry


I do hope she is taken to task back here in India though. I am not a fan of this lady at all.

It's like jumping from the frying pan to the fire! She is going to be in for a rough time when she returns.

 

[oFFbEAT]

I do hope she is taken to task back here in India though. I am not a fan of this lady at all.

I agree, this lady must be prosecuted in India....if she is indeed involved in corruption as rumored....

 

[Jade]

Indian diplomat indicted in N.Y. maid case, ordered out

Indian diplomat indicted in N.Y. maid case, ordered out
Michael Winter, USA TODAY5:58 p.m. EST January 9, 2014
Devyani Khobragade, accused of fraudulently obtaining a work visa for her New York housekeeper, was granted diplomatic immunity and asked to leave the USA.
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An Indian envoy was indicted Thursday for allegedly lying to get her New York City housekeeper a work visa, but she was granted diplomatic immunity and asked to leave the United States.

Devyani Khobragade, 39, is charged with visa fraud and making false statements. She remains free on bail.

Although the State Department and the federal prosecutor initially announced that she had left the United States, her lawyer reported later that she was still in the country, the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's office said. Her whereabouts were not disclosed.

The State Department asked Khobragade to leave the United States on Thursday afternoon. The charges will remain active until she can be brought back, either through a waiver of immunity or her voluntary return, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara wrote in a letter to District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin.

The arrest and police treatment of Khobragade has ignited a firestorm in India and strained relations between Washington and New Delhi. On Wednesday, in a diplomatic tit-for-tat, the Indian government ordered American officials to shut down the restaurant, bowling alley and all commercial activities at the U.S. Embassy in the capital.

Khobragade was arrested Dec. 12 outside her daughter's Manhattan school and claimed she was subjected to cavity- and strip-searches. Bharara said at the time that she was never handcuffed and never subjected to a body-cavity search.

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He said Khobragade was "fully searched by a female deputy marshal — in a private setting — when she was brought into the U.S. Marshals' custody, but this is standard practice for every defendant, rich or poor, American or not."

Khobragade was freed on $250,000 bail. A preliminary hearing had been scheduledfor next Tuesday.

Her lawyer, Daniel Arshack, has argued she should not face any charges and was protected by diplomatic immunity. She was deputy counsel general at the Indian consulate in New York, where she arrived in September 2012. After her arrest, she was transferred to India's mission at the United Nations.

Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid demanded that the charges be dropped, and he accused the housekeeper, Sangeeta Richard, of trying to blackmail Khobragade.

In a statement last month, Bharara, who was born in India, defended the arrest.

"It is alleged not merely that she sought to evade the law, but that she affirmatively created false documents and went ahead with lying to the U.S. government about what she was doing," Bharara said in a statement. "One wonders whether any government would not take action regarding false documents being submitted to it in order to bring immigrants into the country. ... And one wonders why there is so much outrage about the alleged treatment of the Indian national accused of perpetrating these acts, but precious little outrage about the alleged treatment of the Indian victim and her spouse?"

Low IQ journalism

How come one gets diplomatic immunity and then asked to leave USA? Aren't they contradictory.

 

[kbd-raaf]

Low IQ journalism

How come one gets diplomatic immunity and then asked to leave USA? Aren't they contradictory.

The US approved her diplomatic immunity then declared her persona non grata.

 

[Jade]

we have our girl coming back... congrats to all.

She is not exactly a heroine.

 

[IndoUS]

Low IQ journalism

How come one gets diplomatic immunity and then asked to leave USA? Aren't they contradictory.

That's what I am wondering, if they are so sure about convicting her why let her go.