U.S. to withdraw diplomat at India's request as dispute festers

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

U.S. to withdraw diplomat at India's request as dispute festers

BY DAVID BRUNNSTROM AND FRANK JACK DANIEL
WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI Fri Jan 10, 2014 8:14pm EST

(Reuters) - The United States said on Friday it would withdraw one of its diplomats from New Delhi at India's request after Washington effectively expelled an Indian envoy at the center of a dispute between the allies.

Devyani Khobragade, 39, who was India's deputy consul-general in New York, was arrested in December on charges of visa fraud and lying to U.S. authorities about what she paid her housekeeper. Khobragade's arrest and strip-search provoked protests in India and dealt a serious blow to U.S. efforts to strengthen ties.

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Khobragade, who has denied the charges, arrived in New Delhi on Friday night and was met by her father, Uttam Khobragade. "I want to thank my nation for the support they have given me," she told Reuters Television.

Shortly after Khobragade's return home, the U.S. State Department in Washington said it would recall a U.S. diplomat, whom it did not identify, at India's request.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/11/us-india-usa-diplomat-idUSBREA081DZ20140111

[Niceguy1]

1. it was a horrible blunder by the police department