At issue is the arrest last week of Devyani Khobragade, India’s deputy consul general in New York.
She is accused of using false documents to get a work visa for her Manhattan housekeeper.Indian media reports say she was arrested and handcuffed last Thursday as she dropped off her daughter at school. The reports say she was kept in a cell with “drug addicts” before posting $250,000 bail. The U.S. Marshals Office confirms a report that Khobragade, 39, was strip-searched, according to Reuters. Continue reading “India-U.S. Row Over Diplomat’s Arrest In New York Escalates”