The United States has decided to withdraw one official from its embassy in New Delhi over tensions involving a case surrounding an Indian diplomat.
The decision follows a request of the government of India, reports CNN.
The decision comes as Devyani Khobragade, whose December arrest and strip search in New York strained ties between New Delhi and Washington, headed back to India.
State Department spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki said she hopes this will help gain closure in the incident, read the CNN report.
US prosecutors accuse Khobragade of lying in a visa application about how much she paid her housekeeper. She was indicted this week by a federal grand jury on one count of visa fraud and one count of making false statements.
The Indian government denied a request by the State Department to waive Khobragade’s diplomatic immunity so she can answer the charges, US and Indian officials said. The immunity was granted after her controversial arrest.
Khobragade returned to India on Friday, according to an Indian official who is not authorized to speak to the media. The Indian Ministry of External Affairs said earlier in the day that she had left the United States.
Source: Dhaka Tribune
