Hope the new government will take up my case positively: Devyani Khobragade

According to Khobragade, the temptation of a green card could have compelled her maid to complaint against her.

According to Devyani Khobragade, the temptation of a green card could have compelled her maid to complaint against her. (Source: Reuters photo)

Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade is hopeful that her case will be taken up positively by the Narendra Modi government. The diplomat feels that it is vital as the case does not concern her as an individual, but is about an open judicial system for all diplomats.

According to Khobragade, it would have been the temptation of a green card or a visa that could have compelled her maid to complaint against her.

The diplomat, during an interview with Times Now, further said that as of now, she could not go on any foreign assignment unless has case was sorted.

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A 1999-batch IFS officer, Khobragade was arrested in New York on December 12 last and was strip-searched, triggering a row between the two countries with India retaliating by downgrading privileges of certain category of US diplomats among other steps.

Khobragade was released on a $250,000 bond and was later granted full diplomatic immunity following which she flew back to India on January 10. She has since been transferred to the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi.

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