Indian Diplomat's NYC Arrest Prompts American Flag Burning In India And CIA Conspiracy Theories

[LiberalElite]

http://gothamist.com/2013/12/22/indian_diplomats_nyc_arrest_prompts.php

The outrage over a senior Indian diplomat's arrest by federal authorities earlier this month is officially at the insane stage. Indian officials and politicians—who are gearing up for elections season next year—are ratcheting up the rhetoric about the United States. Like flag-burning and throwing rocks at a Domino's in Mumbai, as well as this: "Yashwant Sinha, a former BJP foreign minister, has said that India should now arrest the same-sex partners of US diplomats after a court ruling last week that upheld a colonial-era ban on homosexuality."

Devyani Khobragade, a deputy consul at the Indian Consulate in New York City, was charged with visa fraud and falsifying statements in her application for her nanny to come to America. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharaha's office alleged that she claimed she was paying the woman $4,500, but it was actually only $573. Khobragade's arrest, which included a strip-search and cavity-search, have been denounced by Indian officials, who then removed security barriers (to prevent bombings) outside the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi.

[seattledo]

1. India sides against women again

sigh

[Blue_Tires]

2. It also has to be said that the rank-and-file news media in India

aren't always known for reporting a story in an even-handed, factual manner....

Remember it was an Indian news site (with no reporter byline) in 2010 who screamed that Obama's trip was going to cost $200 million PER DAY...And that bullshit got around the world and the Fox news cycle hundreds of times before that story was debunked...

And after exposure the story *still* stayed on the website another day or two before being removed, without so much as an apology....