New Indian envoy seeks withdrawal of charges against Devyani Khobragade

She was released on a USD 250,000 bond. 

She was strip searched and held with criminals, triggering a row between the two sides with India retaliating by downgrading privileges of certain category of US diplomats among other steps.

Jaishankar has taken over as the top Indian envoy at a time when the two countries are engaged in intensive talks to resolve their differences over the arrest Khobragade.  Jaishankar, who was earlier Indian ambassador to China, succeeds Nirupama Rao.

Meanwhile, the State Department said that it was looking into the matter of Khobragade's accreditation to the UN after India informed it that she was attached to the world body before her arrest.

“We have been advised by the Government of India that Dr Khobragade was notified to the United Nations as a member of India's delegation to the United Nations General Assembly in September. We are currently looking into the matter,” State Department Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf told PTI.