Indian diplomat arrested in NYC

[Parihaka]

commander,

Pari posted a link to Indian media posted before all this drama where it is said barricades are posted for security reasons.

Yeah, I am lazy to find it, too.

It's this one
Embassies told to remove barricades - Hindustan Times
from October 18, 2004. The GoI specifically refers to them as security and emphasises that they were put up as a reaction to 9/11. They also justify the US keeping them for security reasons when other embassies were told to remove them. Not pretty on the GoI's part to now claim them as traffic barricades when they can so easily be contradicted by their own previous statements.

[Albany Rifles]

OK, people wouldn't listen. This thread is now locked. If personnel want to start a new thread absent of talk of conspiracies, other countries, al;ien autopsies, etc. you can. The moderator community has watched this go off the rails and seen respected members of the WAB community behave in a ridiculous manner.

If you wish to appeal this decision to another moderator, feel free.

[commander]

And with that, we are in the full retard territory for the third time.

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Adios, Amigos.

You only seem to be looking for posts like that and conveniently miss the valid points put forth by other Indian members.

I have to give it to the GIF though cant seem to take my eye's off it

[Blademaster]

LoL!!!!

This from a guy that (once again) brought in Gitmo and torture into the conversation.

YellowFever's Rule, I tell ya...

Fixed that for you.

[cdude]

Whether they hand over their airport privileges or not, doesn't matter because the airports won't entertain them after the deadline.

They've been asked to declare the income they give to their domestic workers because it's obviously under paid(in fact, it's probably less than what Sangeeta Richard was getting). You see, they have to lie. If they reveal the actual salaries, they've pretty much pleaded guilty. The bank records are already there.

And with that, we are in the full retard territory for the third time.



Adios, Amigos.

[Blademaster]

Saudis had no right to keep the pssports. If they did, they wouldn't return them. Even under threat of use of force, which from everything said was not a case.

Neither did those dealers but OJ Simpson was arrested and convicted of taking the law into his hand with a weapon, a serious felony.

Then why you brought it up?

I brought it up because he said

]If my people break Indian laws, then I demand that they face justice. They're supposed to represent my country, not there to have a free ride on my or India's expense.

They've been asked to declare the income they give to their domestic workers because it's obviously under paid(in fact, it's probably less than what Sangeeta Richard was getting). You see, they have to lie. If they reveal the actual salaries, they've pretty much pleaded guilty. The bank records are already there.

I'm not sure what you are getting at. The Americans have to obey Indian labour laws in their consulates.

[anil]

Whether they hand over their airport privileges or not, doesn't matter because the airports won't entertain them after the deadline.

They've been asked to declare the income they give to their domestic workers because it's obviously under paid(in fact, it's probably less than what Sangeeta Richard was getting). You see, they have to lie. If they reveal the actual salaries, they've pretty much pleaded guilty. The bank records are already there.

Funny about "asked," does this mean the US is not obliged to give out these items?

[anil]

An Indian "official" in the US faces US justice system unless the "official" is someone with diplomatic immunity.

she did not have diplomatic immunity.

Stop playing with words.

Joker, you're actually accusing ME of playing with words? Haha

Good for you. Put the US officials that broke your laws through your justice system. Strip search them if you have to.

Yes that's exactly where this is heading

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The government had asked the US Consular diplomats and their families to surrender airports passes by tonight.

The Government had also asked the US Embassy to provide a list of all Indian nationals working with its Consulates, including domestic servants, by December 23.

The government has also sought copies of their contracts, bank accounts, salaries and PAN numbers.

But that's OK because the US is good with James Bond style tactics.

Obviously,

like thieves at night...

[Doktor]

commander,

Pari posted a link to Indian media posted before all this drama where it is said barricades are posted for security reasons.

Yeah, I am lazy to find it, too.

[commander]

This is getting out of hands now , the chief justice of India has also commented and I just hope this doesn't end with both Judicial systems locking horns

Diplomat row: Protests held at Hyderabad, Kolkata | Deccan Chronicle

In Hyderabad, Left workers and other activists held a protest outside the US Consulate at Begumpet. The protesters, under the banner of All India Peace and Solidarity Organisation (AIPSO), raised slogans against the US administration. They held placards accusing US of being a racist country. Police removed the protesters from the place.

With India locked in a face-off with the US over the treatment meted out to Khobragade, Chief Justice of India P. Sathasivam also spoke disapprovingly of the action by American law enforcement agencies.

It was upto the government to decide on what steps should be taken, "but as an individual, it should not happen to our high officials," he told reporters in Chennai.

[commander]

This is possibly already posted somewhere along this thread but just wanted to post it again to let fellow wabbers that India in no way had exposed the US diplomats to a security risk , but all the retaliation is only stripping of the extra privileges that has been given to them all these days,

Now No Special Treatment to US Diplomats at Airports

US diplomats and their families in India will not be able to avail special treatment at airports from tonight when the deadline expires for surrendering their special passes, as part of government's retaliatory action against the treatment meted out to diplomat Devyani Khobragade in New York.

India on Tuesday had taken a slew of retaliatory steps to strip US diplomats and their families of privileges including withdrawing all airport passes and stopping import clearances for the US embassy, strongly denouncing the arrest and strip searching of Khobragade, India's Deputy Consul General in New York.

The government had asked the US Consular diplomats and their families to surrender airports passes by tonight.

The Government had also asked the US Embassy to provide a list of all Indian nationals working with its Consulates, including domestic servants, by December 23.

The government has also sought copies of their contracts, bank accounts, salaries and PAN numbers.

It has also stopped all import clearances including for liquor for the US embassy. The traffic barricades near the US embassy on Nyaya Marg here were also removed.

39-year-old Khobragade, a 1999-batch IFS officer posted as Deputy Consul General in New York, was taken into custody last week on visa fraud charges as she was dropping her daughter to school before being released on a USD 250,000 bond after pleading not guilty in court.

Khobragade was put through both strip and cavity searches, procedures normally used for criminals, evoking a sharp reaction from India.

She was yesterday transferred to India's Permanent Mission to UN to give her fuller diplomatic immunity.

All that absolutely doesn't seem to me as India violating any kind of convention policies what so ever , unless these are included in them ( then i am ready to stand corrected if someone proves it :) )

[Triple C]

First of all, I'm not projecting anything.

My guess is that Preet might be offered some political support for any future run, or posting somewhere higher up to drop the case. I mean use your imagination. This is politics.

Facepalm. Dropping a case for political promises is a felony. Such things are taken with utmost seriousness in the US. One can go to jail for it. Politically, it's a non-starter. Imagine what GOP can do if they can even imply such impropriety had taken place by the urging of somebody like Kerry. What Preet's opponent in an election can do with an accusation like this. It would ruin Preet. This doesn't reflect well on how things are done in your corner of the world.

The more I read this, the more I doubt you understand what is separation of powers, a genuine opposition party, and fair and open elections.

Imagination runs wild without knowledge.

[Doktor]

And OJ Simpson just wanted to get his stuff back.

Saudis had no right to keep the pssports. If they did, they wouldn't return them. Even under threat of use of force, which from everything said was not a case.

You didn't have immunity and you knew that your country was not gonna allow Saudis to arrest you and prosecute you. That is not the same thing as DK episode.

Then why you brought it up?