Malcolm Merlyn Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Official statement from Attorney's Office http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/December13/KhobragadeArrestPR.php In case Khobragade did as the US DA suggests, she is dead meat! The first contract says that she will pay an hourly salary of 9.75USD but if she signed another contract for 30,000 per month or 3.31USD per hour - she will be done in a court of law. IIRC, January 14 is the first hearing and it will be interesting how this pans out. DA is toast.It has sparked a standoff between US and another nuclear armed nation.India is not a banana republic and its already been made clear by sources to media that India is talking at very high levels in US and little attention is being paid to some lowly DA or a spokesperson. Sent from my GT-I9500 using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seedhi Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Official statement from Attorney's Office http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/December13/KhobragadeArrestPR.php In case Khobragade did as the US DA suggests, she is dead meat! The first contract says that she will pay an hourly salary of 9.75USD but if she signed another contract for 30,000 per month or 3.31USD per hour - she will be done in a court of law. IIRC, January 14 is the first hearing and it will be interesting how this pans out.Is the DAs office conducting a prosecution in the media or in the court ? What is the purpose of releasing this info which at this stage is a matter of he says she says ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seedhi Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Will the Manmohan Singh govt grow enough balls to arrest a US consulate staff in retaliation ? If UPA does not respond, BJP should make it an election issue citing the pusillanimity of the govt. Will also fit nicely into the fact that Modi has withstood a US visa ban etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South_Paw Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Lol.Kabhi Kabhar Indian news channels dekh lo.If she gets immunity now the case will continue but because she now has immunity they cant arrest her nor can they force her to come to court.The old case may continue and she may be found guilty but she cant be touched. Secondly how long will it for her to get a passport from her embassy. If US refuses her accredition in UN then all hell will break loose as not even Iranians or Cubans can have been denied such immunity when going to UN. India can also file cases againist US consulars here which again is an option. Sent from my GT-I9500 using Tapatalk 2 But UN is run by US. So UN is not going to affor her the immunity atleast for now. Point 1: India will not be able to get her out of US without the consent of US. Point 2: What India has now made is only a knee jerking reaction and the government very well know they can't do anything other than it. Even if she is sentenced for 10 years, India can't and won't be able to imprison an American for even a single day. Point 3: Only a few wrist slitters among the very few who watch our national media want the bhabhi to be released. The rest are not even ready to give a damn about this arrest. Point 4: If people are really pissed with this bhabhi's arrest, India should have gone on war with US when they searched Dr. Abdul Kalam in the airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South_Paw Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Is the DAs office conducting a prosecution in the media or in the court ? What is the purpose of releasing this info which at this stage is a matter of he says she says ? How can they be quiet when Indian media speak as if US is crucifying Holy Mary ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganeshran Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 The holier-than-thou attitude in Bharara's speech is nauseating. US has made sure its diplomats get away with murder and hit and run which happened in broad daylight, without as much as a slap on the wrist. Acting as if the United States is a moral guardian of the world does not compute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punjabi_khota Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 That's a fact - she doesn't. Thats complete BS. There is no way Devyani, a ranking consul officer, is paid less than $1600 per month living in Manhattan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Outsider Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Thats complete BS. There is no way Devyani' date=' a ranking consul officer, is paid less than $1600 per month living in Manhattan.[/quote'] Her 'salary' is still in INR, maybe around Rs. 50-60,000. Probably makes $6-8,000 per month in various 'allowances'. :giggle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnterTheVoid Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 BREAKING: The barricades removed outside of the US Embassy will now be placed around Adarsh building to stop the CBI. :hysterical: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crookbond Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Thats complete BS. There is no way Devyani' date=' a ranking consul officer, is paid less than $1600 per month living in Manhattan.[/quote'] No - it's true! That's how the embassy is arguing that since she isn't paid in US standards like her she can't pay the maid and the US knows about it. But the problem is - she wrote in the visa application she will pay 4500 per month to the maid but ended up paying less. The counter argument to that is that the maid is being compensated via other means like lodging, food etc. which makes up for the difference in fees. The core issue now is will that hold up in the SDNY court. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnterTheVoid Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 She was so strapped for cash that she couldn't pay her maid but had no difficulty in posting $250K in bond money in no time. Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 She was so strapped for cash that she couldn't pay her maid but had no difficulty in posting $250K in bond money in no time. Go figure. Anybody can post the money for the bond. The govt of india, friends, bail bond agents...practically anybody... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punjabi_khota Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 No - it's true! That's how the embassy is arguing that since she isn't paid in US standards like her she can't pay the maid and the US knows about it. But the problem is - she wrote in the visa application she will pay 4500 per month to the maid but ended up paying less. The counter argument to that is that the maid is being compensated via other means like lodging' date=' food etc. which makes up for the difference in fees. The core issue now is will that hold up in the SDNY court.[/quote'] "Not paid in US standards" is WAY different than "Not paid minimum US wage". Again, no way she is paid less than minimum wage. NO ****ING WAY. Proof please. US standards would mean something like $150K a year for a diplomat like her. Minimum US wage is approx $20K a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganeshran Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Khota, she might be paid in Indian currency at home. Even a salary of 1.2 lakhs a month would be 2000 USD only. There would be other allowances but I am guessing they are omitting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda-esque Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Even 10 dollars an hour multiplied by 40 hours a week multiplied by 4 weeks equals 1600 dlrs So what am I missing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raghav_12 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Thats complete BS. There is no way Devyani' date=' a ranking consul officer, is paid less than $1600 per month living in Manhattan.[/quote'] Read somewhere that her "luxury" apartment in manhattan is paid for by Indian Govt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seedhi Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Another day goes by without any meaningful response by the UPA apart from statements. The only way to send US a message would be to arrest a female US consular officer and subject her to custodial rape like Ms Khobragade has been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someone Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Another day goes by without any meaningful response by the UPA apart from statements. The only way to send US a message would be to arrest a female US consular officer and subject her to custodial rape like Ms Khobragade has been. Tit for tat? That would be a definite gamble in this situation. Outside India, there is no country nor people who has and will support India on it as US has presented this well on minimum wages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Another day goes by without any meaningful response by the UPA apart from statements. The only way to send US a message would be to arrest a female US consular officer and subject her to custodial rape like Ms Khobragade has been. But India needs to address the maid situation first and get DK out of the mess, out of court settlement, give her the money to withdraw the case. And then withdraw all niceties extended to US personnel in India, no freebies, no special passes, no VIP treatment. Cancel all official entry documents PIO/OCI of the DA's family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punjabi_khota Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Another day goes by without any meaningful response by the UPA apart from statements. The only way to send US a message would be to arrest a female US consular officer and subject her to custodial rape like Ms Khobragade has been. :hysterical: Why not just bomb America ? :protest: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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