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.
U.S. 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.
Her house keeper has also
publicly come out to criticize her.
The Indian government denied a
request by the State Department to waive Khobragade's diplomatic immunity so she
can answer the charges, U.S. and Indian officials said. The immunity was granted
after her controversial arrest.
Khobragade arrived at the New
Delhi airport 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.
Khobragade told CNN, through an
intermediary, that the charges against her "are false and baseless."
"I look forward to demonstrating
that to all of you," she said through the intermediary.
Khobragade "affirmed her
determination to ensure that the episode would not leave a lasting impact on her
family, in particular, her children, who are still in the United States," the
ministry said.
New Delhi is demanding that
Washington apologize and have the charges dropped.
Allegations
denied
Federal prosecutors allege
Khobragade promised in the visa application, under which her housekeeper moved
from India to the United States, to pay her at least the minimum wage in New
York, and to require she work no more than 40 hours per week.
They allege that Khobragade then
had the housekeeper, Sangeeta Richard, sign a second contract, which set her pay
her far below the minimum wage and required that she work much longer hours.
"I would like to tell other
domestic workers who are suffering as I did -- you have rights and do not let
anyone exploit you," Richard said in a statement released Thursday.
Khobragade's lawyers have
repeatedly said the diplomat is not guilty and is entitled to diplomatic
immunity.
"She is pleased to be returning
to her country," her attorney Daniel Arshack said Thursday. "Her head is held
high."
Khobragade "did not make any
false statements and she paid her domestic worker what she was entitled to be
paid," he said.
Richard fled the diplomat's home
last summer, and Khobragade started legal proceedings against her and her
husband in the Indian courts. Richard has been granted permission to remain in
the United States.
Diplomatic
status
Arshack said Khobragade and her
legal team were pleased that the State Department had done "the right thing"
Thursday by recognizing her diplomatic status.
U.S. officials had previously
said Khobragade was entitled to consular immunity, which is less broad than
diplomatic immunity and covers only actions carried out under official
duties.
Khobragade was India's deputy
consul general for political, economic, commercial and women's affairs. But
after her arrest, Indian officials appointed her as counselor at the country's
permanent mission to the United Nations in New York.
Through that post, she was
accorded "the privileges and immunities of a diplomatic envoy," the Indian
Ministry of External Affairs said.
Two senior U.S. officials said
that the State Department had no choice but to grant Khobragade full diplomatic
immunity once she was accredited to the United Nations because she did not pose
a national security threat, which is the only reason for which, in very rare
cases, immunity is denied.
When India refused the U.S.
request to waive the immunity so that she could face the charges against her,
she had to leave the country, the officials said.
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Father's
gratitude
Khobragade's father, Uttam,
thanked people across India for their support in the case.
"Because of the support from all
of you ... my daughter is going to come back to her country and unite with the
family," he said Friday at a news conference in New Delhi.
He said his daughter had been
fighting for the "sovereignty of this country and dignity of the judicial
system."
India has expressed outrage over
the arrest of Khobragade, who was handcuffed and strip-searched by federal
agents on December 12 after a complaint filed by Richard.
Some observers have suggested
that Indian officials' protests and repeated demands for an apology are driven
by political
concerns.
Secretary of State John Kerry
expressed "regret" about the situation last month, but stopped short of saying
authorities had done anything wrong.
U.S. law enforcement officials
have said that Khobragade's strip search was standard procedure and that she
received a number of privileges not usually accorded to defendants.
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