A very regrettable act by Indian diplomat Devyani khobragade in US. She was sent over as in Indian representative, her actions are supposed to reflect Indian values. What does she do over there?
She hired a maid from India on pretext of paying 4500 per month while she paid her meager amount of 600 per month.That right there shows her corrupt mind and cheapness of her character. She's at fault and should be punished irrespective of she being a woman or mother. Her defense is that she can't afford so much money for a nanny. You can't steal an iPad on the pretext of not having enough money, you just don't buy it.
I'm more saddened by the actions of government rather than her. The Indian government has been taking few steps in support of someone who has degraded Indian values as seeks help just because she's a woman and mother. She should be punished either by Indian or US government and she deserves it. The news channels have been asking for sympathy as she was kept with drug addicts; it's a jail and what else did she expect?
Consular immunity as shouted by our journalists and government is readily accessible on Wikipedia as such:
Consular immunity privileges are described in the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963 (VCCR).[1][2] Consular immunity offers protections similar to diplomatic immunity, but these protections are not as extensive, given the functional differences between consular and diplomatic officers. For example, consular officers are not accorded absolute immunity from a host country’s criminal jurisdiction, they may be tried for certain local crimes upon action by a local court, and are immune from local jurisdiction only in cases directly relating to consular functions.
Vienna convention consular immunity is provided at the following link:
