June 23,2013: Sangeeta Richard left Khobragade's home to buy groceries, and did not return.
July 8: Sangeeta Richard visited an immigration attorney's firm in Manhattan, New York and filed an application in order to demand a sum as her wages, and an ordinary Indian passport.
The Indian government revoked Sangeeta Richard's official passport the same day and the Indian embassy in Washington, DC requested the US State Department to return Richard to India.
September 2013: On September 20, Justice Jayant Nath noted that any grievance about the terms of employment, salary or ill-treatment could only be adjudicated by an Indian court, since Sangeeta Richard and Khobragade worked for the Government of India.
