Devyani Khobragade, India's deputy consul general in New York, was arrested last week for allegedly underpaying her nanny and committing visa fraud to get her into the United States. Khobragade was handcuffed upon arrest and strip-searched before being released on bail, Indian media said.
Khobragade, who was released on $250,000 bail after pleading not guilty to the charges and surrendering her passport, faces a maximum of 15 years in jail if convicted on both counts.
US State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf on Monday said diplomatic security staff followed standard procedures during the arrest and then handed her over to the US Marshals.
The arrest triggered fierce debate in India, with opinion divided over whether Khobragade was unfairly treated or whether she should be condemned for mistreating her domestic helper.
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* In an official press response, the Embassy of India reveals interactions with the US counterparts and traces the timeline of events in Sangeeta Richard's employment case since June 2013 which led to the Devyani Khobragade row. To read the official statement, click here.
* An official statement released by the Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara, defends the US stance on Devyani Khobragade. He questions if any other government would not take action against false documentation and legal evasions. To read the full text Click here
* Bharara also confirmed that the maid's family has been "evacuated" from India. He also said that a legal process was started in India to "silence her and attempts were made to compel her to return to India" Read here
* US Secretary of State John Kerry today spoke to National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon and expressed regret over the arrest and strip-search of senior Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade in New York. Read here
* Uttam Khobragade, father of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, has demanded that a criminal offence be registered against the American diplomats who had, in the first place, issued a visa to Devyani's maid Sangeeta Richard. Read more
* India on Wednesday hoped that the US will understand its "loud and clear" message over the Devyani Khobragade issue with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh deploring the treatment meted out to the Indian diplomat and Parliament expressing outrage. Read more
* Senior Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, arrested in New York on charges of visa fraud, broke down many times after being subjected to "repeated" handcuffing, stripping, cavity searches and swabbing while being jailed with common criminals and drug edicts.
The 39-year-old deputy Consul General in New York, who was arrested and handcuffed in public while dropping her daughter to school on Thursday, in an email to her headquarters here said she stressed to arresting authorities that she had diplomatic immunity but was still subjected to repeated searches.
"I must admit that I broke down many times as the indignities of repeated handcuffing, stripping and cavity searches, swabbing, in a hold-up with common criminals and drug addicts were all being imposed upon me despite my incessant assertions of immunity," the email said, according to a source privy to the information. Read more
* The Indian Government, according to television reports, on Wednesday transferred diplomat and Deputy Consul General in New York Devyani Khobragade to its Permanent Mission at the United Nations, ensuring that she is given full immunity from possible prosecution by the American authorities in connection with an alleged visa fraud case. Read more
* Omar Abdullah questions removal of US embassy security barriers. Read here
* US asks India to meet its obligations on diplomatic security. Read here
* India is not a banana republic: Kamal Nath on Devyani Khobragade diplomatic row. Read here
* Tough-talking India retaliates diplomatically against Devyani Khobragade's humiliation. Read here
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* Treatment meted out to Indian Deputy Consul General by US is deplorable, says Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
* Demand in Lok Sabha for adopting resolution condemning US action against Indian Deputy Consul General.
* India is not over-reacting to US treatment to its diplomat, says External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid. "There was a conspiracy in which the Deputy Consul General was virtually trapped into," he said in Rajya Sabha. "Govt is determined, and will intervene effectively and specifically to ensure that dignity of the diplomat is preserved. We will bring back the woman diplomat and restore her dignity; it is my responsibility," Khurshid added.
* US to review Indian diplomat's arrest, admits strip search. Read here
* BSP leader Mayawati accused the government of not taking action in Khobragade's case because "she is of lower caste"
* No change in security situation as regards any diplomats in India including US diplomats, confirms Syed Akbaruddin, MEA spokesperson.
* In an email, Khobragade reveals that "she broke down several times but tried to maintain her dignity and composure as she was representing her country", TOI reported.
Khobragade has further appealed to the government to ensure her and her children's safety and preserve the dignity of the IFS, which was "unquestionably under siege".
"While I was going through it, although I must admit that I broke down many times as the indignities of repeated handcuffing, stripping and cavity searches, swabbing, in a holdup with common criminals and drug addicts were all being imposed upon me despite my incessant assertions of immunity, I got the strength to regain composure and remain dignified thinking that I must represent all of my colleagues and my country with confidence and pride," she stated.
* India removes US Embassy security barriers in spat; Yashwant Sinha suggests arrest partners of gay envoys. Read here
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* We want an unconditional apology from the US, says Union Minister Kamal Nath.
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* Delhi Police removed the security barricades set up outside American Embassy immediately after government announced a slew of reprisal measures over the treatment meted out to India's Deputy Consul General in New York Devyani Khobragade by the US authorities.A number of cranes, deployed by Delhi police, removed the concrete barricades outside the Embassy at the diplomatic enclave in Chanakyapuri locality of central Delhi. The police also opened the Nyaya Marg for general traffic."The Ministry of External Affairs requested us to remove these traffic measures around the US Embassy and clear the road. The Nyaya Marg has been opened for public," Special Commissioner of Delhi Police (Security) Taj Hassan said.
* Uttam Khobragade, the father of Devyani Khobragade, the diplomat who was arrested last week in connection with a visa fraud case, met Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Tuesday and said the government supports Devyani, and termed the whole incident as 'atrocious'. Read more
* India today retaliated strongly to the arrest of its Deputy Consul General in New York by initiating series of steps to strip US diplomats and their families of privileges including withdrawing all airport passes and stopping import clearances for the embassy.
* Asking all Consulate personnel and their families to turn in their ID cards immediately, the government has also sought key information such as salaries paid to all Indian staff employed at the consulates and by Consulate officers and families including as domestic helps.
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*"The government has asked for all US Consulate personnel's ID cards and that of their families immediately. These will now be downgraded on par with with what the US provides to our Consulates in US," sources said.
* The government has asked the US to provide it with visa information and other details of all teachers at US schools and pay and bank accounts of Indians in these schools.
* Apart from these measures, Government has stopped all import clearances for the US embassy including for liquor.
* Also, the traffic barricades near the US embassy on Nyaya Marg here will be lifted except the picket.
* India has reacted sharply to the arrest of Deputy Consul General Devyani Khobragade, who was handcuffed in public in New York on visa fraud charges last week. Earlier, Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh summoned US Ambassador Nancy Powell and issued a demarche in this regard.
* The displeasure was also evident among leaders and officials of Indian government who cancelled their meetings with visiting US Congressional delegation. Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today cancelled his meeting with the US team ostensibly as a mark of protest against the treatment meted out to Khobragade.
* Yesterday, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar had cancelled her meeting with a senior US Congressional delegation due to the same reason.
* National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon, who also had a scheduled meeting with the five-member US team, did not meet them, apparently for the same reason.
* The delegation comprised Congressmen George Holding (Republican - North Carolina), Pete Olson (Republican - Texas) David Schweikert (Republican - Arizona), Robert Woodall (Republican - Georgia), Madeleine Bordallo (Democrat - Guam).
* 39-year-old Khobragade, a 1999-batch IFS officer, was taken into custody last week on visa fraud charges on a street in New York as she was dropping her daughter to school before being released on a $250,000 bond after pleading not guilty in court.
* India calls for details including salaries paid to all Indian staff employed at the US consulates, including Consulate officers & family.
* Stops all import clearances for US embassy including food and liquor.
Angry over the "despicable" and "barbaric" treatment meted out to its diplomat, India Tuesday asked US diplomats to turn in their IDs even as Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde declined to meet a visiting US Congressional delegation.
Rahul Gandhi and Shinde on Tuesday refused to meet the US Congressional delegation, comprising Republican and Democrat members, to highlight India's strong disapproval of the arrest, handcuffing and strip search of diplomat Devyani Khobragade in New York last week.
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US diplomats in consulates have been asked to surrender their IDs, a source said.
On Monday, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon cancelled their meetings separately with the visiting US delegation.
The NSA is known to have described the treatment meted out to Khobragade, India's deputy consul general in New York, as "barbaric" and "despicable", a source said.
Khobragade was strip searched, confined to a cell with drug addicts and also subjected to DNA swabbing, sources confirmed said.
Speaker Meira Kumar, herself a former Indian career diplomat, declined to meet the US delegation "as a sign of displeasure" over the treatment meted out Khobragade.
BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi too declined to meet the US team. He tweeted: "Refused to meet the visiting USA delegation in solidarity with our nation, protesting ill-treatment meted to our lady diplomat in USA."
Khobragade, one of India's senior diplomats in New York, was charged last week with visa fraud and making false statements.
She was accused by Manhattan's Indian American US Attorney Preet Bharara of visa fraud and exploiting her babysitter and housekeeper. She was handcuffed in public by law enforcement authorities in New York Thursday while she was dropping her daughter at school.
India has termed the treatment meted out to the envoy as "absolutely unacceptable". US Ambassador Nancy Powell was summoned to South Block by Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh on Dec 13 and a strong protest was lodged over the treatment.
The US delegation is led by Congressmen George Holding (Republican-North Carolina), and comprises Pete Olson (Republican-Texas), David Schweikert (Republican-Arizona), Robert Woodall (Republican-Arizona) and Madeleine Bordallo (Democrat-Guam).
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