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December 25th, 2013 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda New Delhi has downgraded the immunity of US consular officials, as part of a reciprocal measure in retaliation against the arrest and mistreatment of an Indian diplomat in New York.
The Indian Foreign Ministry, on Tuesday, ordered the withdrawal of all special identity (ID) cards provided to US diplomats stationed in the US consulates in the country, as well as their family members.
The ministry also downgraded the immunity they enjoyed by issuing new ID cards specifying restricted immunity, protecting them no more from serious offences.
The new cards issued to American diplomat are similar to the ones provided to Indian consular officials in the US.
“All identity cards provided to US consular officials now stand withdrawn. New cards which are exact replicas of cards provided to Indian consulate officials in the US are being given in lieu of the withdrawn cards. These cards will only be given to consular officials and not their family members,” an Indian official said on condition of anonymity.
The official went on to say that the family members of Indian diplomats in the US are not provided with special ID cards which grant them immunity, referring to the arrest of the vice counsel’s daughter at the Indian consulate in Manhattan in 2011.
“Acting reciprocally, US consular staff will now only be permitted to import their requirements during the first six months on assuming office,” the official added.
Previously, the US officials were allowed to import their requirements over their three-year period in office.
On December 12, New York police arrested and strip-searched Devyani Khobragade, a member of India’s diplomatic mission over charges of visa fraud and underpaying her housekeeper.
Her maltreatment caused anger in India and sparked series of reprisals, including the removal of protective barricades outside the US Embassy in New Delhi.
India has called the move humiliating and completely unacceptable.
On December 16, top Indian politicians refused en masse to meet with the five-member US Congressional team in India due to the detention of Khobragade.
The US secretary of State John Kerry, two days later, expressed regret over the case in a phone call to India’s National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon.
The Indian diplomat was later released on a USD 250,000 bail. She has now been accredited to India’s UN mission, following the official request from New Delhi.
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