Obama intervention? Devyani gets immunity, won’t face trial

New York: The strong stand taken by India in the Devyani Khobragade case appears to have worked. Even though Manhattan Attorney Preet Bharara indicted the diplomat on Thursday on two criminal charges, she will not have to stand trial in New York as her diplomatic immunity has come through in the nick of time. “She is free to travel out of the United States and will not be prosecuted in New York. The State Department has endorsed her UN accreditation under which she has full diplomatic immunity from prosecution,” a diplomat who didn’t want to be named told Firstpost.

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