Indian diplomat arrested in New York for paying housekeeper $3-an-hour is transferred to UN to give her immunity as she reveals details of humiliating cavity search that sparked international furor
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A diplomatic row flared up after Devyani Khobragade (pictured left and right), India's deputy consul general in New York, was allegedly forced to undergo a cavity search following her arrest on accusations that she submitted false visa paperwork for an Indian housekeeper whom she allegedly kept as a 'virtual slave' and paid just $3 per hour. She has now been transferred to her country's Permanent Mission to the United Nations - ensuring her complete immunity from US prosecution. Indians reacted with fury, protesting in New Delhi and Hyderabad (center) where a middle-class, educated woman would never be treated in such a way by the police and the fear of public humiliation resonates strongly. Indian authorities have now threatened to downgrade privileges for American diplomats in their country and have demanded information about how much they pay their Indian household staff.
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