NEW YORK (Reuters) - Indian officials called for quick resolution of a criminal case involving a senior female diplomat who was arrested in New York on federal charges of visa fraud in lying about how much she paid her housekeeper, an Indian national.
An attorney for the diplomat, 39-year-old Devyani Khobragade, said on Friday he expects "the case to be resolved with a full vindication of in very short order," while the officials from India's embassy in Washington called on prosecutors to "resolve the matter with due sensitivity" to the woman's diplomatic status.