US Court indicted Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade

A US court has indicted Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade on Friday in Visa fraud case. She has been asked to leave the US and is on her way to return back to India after been granted full immunity by India on January 8.

The United States jury has indicted Devyani Khobragade with charges of visa fraud and making false statements in connection with the visa application of her domestic help Sangeeta Richard.

“Devyani Khobragade given G1 visa by #USA according her full diplomatic immunity. #India transfers her back. She is now flying home (sic),” Syed Akbaruddin, ministry of external affairs spokesperson, posted on Twitter.

“The charges against me are false and baseless. I look forward to proving them wrong,” Khobragade told PTI.

“We understand that the defendant was very recently accorded diplomatic immunity status and that she departed the United States today,” Manhattan US attorney Preet Bharara has said.

“Therefore, the charges will remain pending until such time as she can be brought to court to face the charges, either through a waiver of immunity or the defendant’s return to the United States in a non-immune status,” he said.

“We will alert the court promptly if we learn that the defendant returns to the United States in a non-immune capacity, at which time the government will proceed to prosecute this case and prove the charges in the Indictment,” he further added.

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