Post by James on Dec 19, 2013 18:22:12 GMT
The complete lack of regard for the maid in Indian media and the political class is really galling to me. Maybe the US should have handled the matter better, but at least they're standing up for the little guy...
Indian diplomat in US charged with visa fraud
An Indian diplomat in the US has been charged with visa fraud and making false statements over allegedly underpaying an Indian housekeeper.
Devyani Khobragade, 39, was arrested on Thursday in New York and later freed on a $250,000 (£153,000) bond.
Ms Khobragade, deputy consul general in New York, has pleaded not guilty.
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Devyani Khobragade: India-US diplomat row escalates
India has ordered a series of reprisals against the US over the arrest of one of its diplomats in New York.
Security barricades around the US embassy in Delhi have been removed and a visiting US delegation was snubbed.
Devyani Khobragade, deputy consul general, was handcuffed upon arrest last week. US officials have confirmed she was strip-searched afterwards.
She denies visa fraud and making false statements over allegations that she underpaid her Indian maid.
The maid had complained the diplomat was paying her less than the minimum stipulated under US visa requirements.
US officials say standard procedures were followed during the arrest of Ms Khobragade, who appeared in court on Friday and was freed on bail.
Ms Khobragade will challenge her arrest on grounds of diplomatic immunity, her lawyer said.
The US state department said that Ms Khobragade does not have full diplomatic immunity.
It said under the UN's Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, she is immune from arrest only for crimes committed in connection with her work.
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Devyani Khobragade row: India demands US apology
India has demanded an apology from the US over the treatment of one of its diplomats who was arrested in New York last week on suspicion of visa fraud.
Government minister Kamil Nath urged the US to admit it had made a mistake.
US Secretary of State John Kerry's expression of "regret" over the incident was not enough, he said.
Deputy consul general Devyani Khobragade denies visa fraud and making false statements, after being accused of underpaying her Indian maid.
She was handcuffed and strip-searched last week - her arrest and alleged "humiliation" has led to a major diplomatic row between India and the US.
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US prosecutor Preet Bharara said in a statement that Ms Khobragade "was accorded courtesies well beyond what other defendants, most of whom are American citizens, are accorded".
According to documents filed in a federal court in New York, Ms Khobragade wrote on a visa application that the maid would be paid $4,500 (£2,746) a month.
But investigators said she instead paid only $573 per month - less than the New York state minimum wage.
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Indian diplomat in US charged with visa fraud
An Indian diplomat in the US has been charged with visa fraud and making false statements over allegedly underpaying an Indian housekeeper.
Devyani Khobragade, 39, was arrested on Thursday in New York and later freed on a $250,000 (£153,000) bond.
Ms Khobragade, deputy consul general in New York, has pleaded not guilty.
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Devyani Khobragade: India-US diplomat row escalates
India has ordered a series of reprisals against the US over the arrest of one of its diplomats in New York.
Security barricades around the US embassy in Delhi have been removed and a visiting US delegation was snubbed.
Devyani Khobragade, deputy consul general, was handcuffed upon arrest last week. US officials have confirmed she was strip-searched afterwards.
She denies visa fraud and making false statements over allegations that she underpaid her Indian maid.
The maid had complained the diplomat was paying her less than the minimum stipulated under US visa requirements.
US officials say standard procedures were followed during the arrest of Ms Khobragade, who appeared in court on Friday and was freed on bail.
Ms Khobragade will challenge her arrest on grounds of diplomatic immunity, her lawyer said.
The US state department said that Ms Khobragade does not have full diplomatic immunity.
It said under the UN's Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, she is immune from arrest only for crimes committed in connection with her work.
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Devyani Khobragade row: India demands US apology
India has demanded an apology from the US over the treatment of one of its diplomats who was arrested in New York last week on suspicion of visa fraud.
Government minister Kamil Nath urged the US to admit it had made a mistake.
US Secretary of State John Kerry's expression of "regret" over the incident was not enough, he said.
Deputy consul general Devyani Khobragade denies visa fraud and making false statements, after being accused of underpaying her Indian maid.
She was handcuffed and strip-searched last week - her arrest and alleged "humiliation" has led to a major diplomatic row between India and the US.
[..]
US prosecutor Preet Bharara said in a statement that Ms Khobragade "was accorded courtesies well beyond what other defendants, most of whom are American citizens, are accorded".
According to documents filed in a federal court in New York, Ms Khobragade wrote on a visa application that the maid would be paid $4,500 (£2,746) a month.
But investigators said she instead paid only $573 per month - less than the New York state minimum wage.
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