India orders U.S. to withdraw diplomat as dispute festers

Reuters ^ | 1/10/2014 | Frank Jack Daniel

[mojito]

India ordered the United States on Friday to withdraw one of its diplomats from New Delhi, as the Indian consul at the center of the dispute between the two countries flew home after being indicted in New York for visa fraud.

Devyani Khobragade, 39, who was India's deputy consul-general in New York, was arrested on December 12 and indicted on Thursday before being effectively expelled from the country. Her arrest set off a furor in India amid disclosures that she was handcuffed and strip-searched.

She was flying to India on Friday and expected to arrive later in the evening.

The month-long row has soured the broader U.S.-India bilateral relationship, leading to reprisals against American diplomats in New Delhi and the postponement of visits to India by senior U.S. officials and another by a U.S. business delegation.

The deal bringing Khobragade home to India had been expected to help mend the rift, but there was no sign, in the short term at least, that India was ready to forgive and forget.

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In New York, a federal grand jury indicted Khobragade for visa fraud and lying about how much she paid her housekeeper, but she was allowed to leave after she was transferred to India's U.N. mission and granted a higher level of diplomatic immunity.

[GeronL]

Then Venezuela would be an active warzone, they have a national murder rate, officially (liars) the same as the worst ghetto in Chicago

[James C. Bennett]

They should spend a week in Detroit.

;^)

[GeronL]

I could only wish that on leftists

[Cronos]

They are one of our close allies.

Thanks to Obama, they WERE....