India Sets Up Special Group On Khobragade Case

The group would also scrutinize the information on the wages being paid by U.S. diplomats in India to their Indian staff to see if was on par with the U.S. standards.

Khobragade, India's deputy consul general in New York was arrested for alleged visa fraud and underpaying her nanny Sangeeta Richard — charges she has denied. Khobragade was handcuffed and strip-searched, a development which has caused outrage in India.

India has demanded that the U.S. take back charges against Khobragade and tender an apology.

While the U.S. maintained that she was a consular official and not under diplomatic immunity, India has said Khobragade was concurrently an advisor to India's permanent mission at the UN from April this year, which gave her full diplomatic immunity.

India has sought details from the U.S. embassy and its consulates on the number of Indian staff on their rolls and the wages paid to them. India has already withdrawn the airport passes given to U.S. diplomats in India and the special diplomatic identity cards issued to them as part of reciprocal measures after the arrest of the envoy.
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