NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Indian diplomat whose arrest and strip-searching in New York caused a major rift between India and the United States will leave the country on Thursday night after the U.S. State Department requested her immediate departure, her defence lawyer said.
Washington accredited the diplomat, Devyani Khobragade, at the United Nations, giving her immunity from criminal prosecution, and asked her to leave the country after India refused to waive her immunity.
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