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The Indian diplomat whose arrest in New York sparked a diplomatic row between India and the U.S. left the country Thursday even as a grand jury indicted Devyani Khobragade on visa fraud and other charges.
In a letter to U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara wrote:
"There will not need to be an arraignment on the indictment at scheduled at this time. We understand that the defendant was very recently accorded diplomatic immunity status and that she department the United States today. Therefore, the charges will remain pending until such time as she can be brought to Court to face the charges, either through a waiver of immunity or the defendant's return to the United States in a non-immune status."
