CNN: ARREST, DETENTION OF INDIAN DIPLOMAT IN NEW YORK TRIGGERS UPROAR
 The arrest and detention of an Indian consular official in New York on visa fraud charges has created a diplomatic uproar with punitive steps taken against State Department officials in New Delhi. Devyani Khobragade, India's deputy consul general, was arrested on Thursday as she dropped her daughter off at school. Court papers allege she submitted false documents to obtain a work visa for her female housekeeper, paying her less than the amount stated. Khobragade, 39, was held in a cell with other females and strip-searched in New York following her arrest, the U.S. Marshals Service said, noting such treatment was standard procedure in her case and that no policies were violated. She eventually posted bond and was released. The case has set off outrage in India about Khobragade's treatment by U.S. law enforcement officials, but it has also drawn concern from human rights advocates about her alleged underpaying of her housekeeper. The Indian government has described the diplomat's treatment by the U.S. justice system as barbaric. "We are shocked and appalled at the manner in which she has been humiliated by the US authorities," Indian external affairs spokesman Syed Akbaruddin said last week. He called the treatment of Khobragade "absolutely unacceptable." | |
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