Devyani case: Father leads protest near US consulate

Devyani case: Father leads protest near US consulate

FPJ BureauUpdated: Saturday, June 01, 2019, 04:49 PM IST
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Bharatiya Dalit Cobra morcha stage a dharna in support of Devyani Khobragade at American embassy, BKC on Tuesday. Also seen is Devyani’s father Uttam Khobragade who handed over a memorandum to the US Consulate office regarding further action in the case. |
Bharatiya Dalit Cobra morcha stage a dharna in support of Devyani Khobragade at American embassy, BKC on Tuesday. Also seen is Devyani’s father Uttam Khobragade who handed over a memorandum to the US Consulate office regarding further action in the case.

Bharatiya Dalit Cobra morcha stage a dharna in support of Devyani Khobragade at American embassy, BKC on Tuesday. Also seen is Devyani’s father Uttam Khobragade who handed over a memorandum to the US Consulate office regarding further action in the case. |

Mumbai : Even as efforts are under way for resolution of the row involving Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, her father on Tuesday led a protest march outside the American consulate here, terming the US administration’s action against her as “illegal”. “It is admitted even by the US administration that Devyani’s arrest was illegal. There were no charges against her,” Khobragade, a former IAS officer, told reporters. “The charges were absolutely false. The Government of India has established with documentary evidence that her arrest was illegal,” Khobragade said. 

He described her arrest on the road as “nothing less than kidnapping” and “insult to India and attack on the country’s sovereignty”.
The development came close on the heels of the US saying it wanted to resolve the “ordeal” as soon as possible. “As I’ve said, many, many times throughout this whole ordeal, that we don’t want this to define our relationship going forward and don’t think that it will,” US State Department Deputy Spokesperson, Marie Harf, said.
The protest by the diplomat’s father followed her move seeking a one-month extension of the deadline for charging her in the visa fraud case which has been opposed by the prosecution.
Devyani Khobragade has requested for the extension of the January 13 indictment deadline, saying the “pressure of the impending” deadline is interfering with the ability of the parties to have meaningful discussions. PTI

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