The feds said Friday an Indian diplomat who was strip-searched when she was busted on charges that she lied to get a work visa for her housekeeper isn’t covered by diplomatic immunity.
Prosecutors said in papers filed in Manhattan federal court that since Devyani Khobragade is no longer in the US she’s not immune from prosecution.
The court papers also argue the immunity she would have enjoyed at the consular level wouldn’t protect her from the charges in this case.
Khobragade — the deputy consul general in New York — complied with a State Department order to leave the country earlier this month following her indictment.
Her lawyer has filed court papers asking that all charges and arrest warrants be dismissed