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Devyani Khobragade Case: The case of the missing Indian housemaid

Washington: Where is Sangeeta Richards, the nanny at the centre of the controversy surrounding the arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York, that has sparked a major diplomatic row between India and the US?According

India TV News Desk Published : Dec 18, 2013 15:30 IST, Updated : Dec 20, 2013 6:39 IST
Devyani Khobragade case: Turn in your IDs, India tells US diplomats

In fact, none of the 49 Russian diplomats and their spouses charged by Bharara a week earlier with scamming Medicaid, a government health care programme for low-income families, out of $1.5 million over a decade, are in custody as they enjoy diplomatic immunity.

Eleven of them still reside in the US with six of them representing Russia in New York.

None of them can be prosecuted unless Russia waives diplomatic immunity, which is pretty unlikely. That would give the US only one choice - ask the alleged fraudsters to leave the country - An exit route that was not available to Khobragade.
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