Protests erupt over Indian diplomat's NYC arrest
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Left party activists shout slogans after burning an effigy of the U.S. to protest against the alleged mistreatment of New York based Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013. The Indian diplomat said she faced repeated "handcuffing, stripping and cavity searches" following her arrest in New York City on visa fraud charges in a case that has infuriated the government in New Delhi. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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Activists of Sanskriti Bachao Manch, or save culture forum, burn posters of U.S. President Barack Obama and U.S. flags during a demonstration to protest against the alleged mistreatment of New York based Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, in Bhopal, India, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013. The Indian diplomat said she faced repeated "handcuffing, stripping and cavity searches" following her arrest in New York City on visa fraud charges in a case that has infuriated the government in New Delhi. (AP Photo/Rajeev Gupta)
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Devyani Khobragade
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Arshack, lawyer of Khobragade, speaks to Reuters TV in front of the Indian Consulate building in New York
REUTERS - 5/18
Anger in Delhi about treatment of Indian diplomat in US
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A man walks past the Indian Consulate in New York
Reuters - 7/18
Indian policemen detain a left party activist during a protest against the alleged mistreatment of New York based Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, near the U.S Consulate in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. The Indian diplomat said she faced repeated "handcuffing, stripping and cavity searches" following her arrest in New York City on visa fraud charges in a case that has infuriated the government in New Delhi. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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Uttam Khobragade, father of Devyani Khobragade, India's deputy consul general in New York, speaks during a news conference in Mumbai
REUTERS - 9/18
Left Party activists hold placard and shout slogans during a protest against the alleged mistreatment of New York based Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, near the U.S Consulate in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. The case has sparked a diplomatic firestorm between the United States and India, which is outraged over what it described as degrading treatment toward Khobragade, India's deputy consul general in New York. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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Police detain members of DYFI during a protest outside US consulate office in Kolkata
REUTERS - 11/18
Devyani Khobragade, India's deputy consul general, attends the India Studies Stony Brook University fundraiser event in Long Island, New York
Reuters - 12/18
Activists of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), linked to India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), burn an effigy in Bhubaneswar
REUTERS - 13/18
Supporters of Rashtrawadi Shiv Sena, a Hindu hardline group, carry placards during a protest near the U.S. embassy in New Delhi
REUTERS - 14/18
Uttam Khobragade, father of Devyani Khobragade, India's deputy consul general in New York, speaks during a news conference in Mumbai
REUTERS - 15/18
People walk past the Indian Mission to the United Nations building in New York
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Supporters of Rashtrawadi Shiv Sena, a Hindu hardline group, shout anti-U.S. slogans during a protest near the U.S. embassy in New Delhi
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Supporters of Rashtrawadi Shiv Sena, a Hindu hardline group, shout anti-U.S. slogans during a protest near the U.S. embassy in New Delhi
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Police watch as supporters of Rashtrawadi Shiv Sena, a Hindu hardline group, take part in a protest near the U.S. embassy in New Delhi
REUTERS
Devyani Khobragade, India's deputy consul general in New York, was strip-searched in New York City on Dec. 18. Khobragade, 39, is accused of submitting false documents to obtain a work visa for her Manhattan housekeeper, an Indian national. According to prosecutors, Khobragade claimed she paid the woman $4,500 a month, but actually paid her around $3 per hour.