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Devyani Khobragade agrees to waive indictment deadline
The Washington Post ^ | Monday, January 6, 8:36 PM | Karen DeYoung and Rama Lakshmi

Posted on 01/06/2014 7:42:15 PM PST by lyonesse

The crisis surrounding the case of the Indian consular official whose arrest last month sent U.S.-India relations into a tailspin was at least temporarily cooled late Monday when the diplomat agreed to waive a Jan. 13 deadline to indict her.

In a request to federal court in New York, the attorney for Devyani Khobragade, charged last month with submitting fraudulent visa documents for her Indian maid, said that “significant communications . . . between the prosecution and the defense and amongst other government officials” could be undermined if the indictment threshold is crossed.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: devyanikhobragade; india; newyork; newyorkcity

1 posted on 01/06/2014 7:42:15 PM PST by lyonesse
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Definitely the US is looking for some face-saving exit from this mess, as well they should. What a farce from the very beginning! This should never have happened.


2 posted on 01/07/2014 12:06:38 AM PST by rawhide
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