Devyani Khobragade

Devyani Khobragade: Devyani Khobragade, Indias deputy consul general in New York, is accused of submitting false documents to obtain a work visa for her Manhattan housekeeper. Indian officials said she was arrested and handcuffed Thursday as she dropped off her daughter at school, and was kept in a cell with drug addicts before posting $250,000 bail, according to 660 News. Khobragade was placed in the available and appropriate cell, the statement said. Absent a special risk or separation order, prisoners are typically placed in general population, the statement said and NEW DELHI The arrest and strip search of an Indian diplomat in New York City escalated into a major diplomatic furor Tuesday as Indias national security adviser called the womans treatment despicable and barbaric. In a statement, the U.S. Marshals Service confirmed that Khobragade was subjected to the same booking procedures as other prisoners, including being strip searched viewed in India as the most disturbing part of the arrest and locked up with other female defendants. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.