Visa fraud case

This refers to the report “ >U.S. court throws out visa fraud case against Devyani ” (March 14). If India had really fought this case on merits and won it, that could have been called a victory. On the date of occurrence, Ms. Khobragade did not enjoy diplomatic immunity. Legally, the charge against her still remains. It was only to circumvent her arrest and subsequent prosecution that she was deputed to the United Nations. Therefore, India won the case only by default. The lesson is that New Delhi should learn its lessons and implement various international conventions and declarations that it is a signatory to, with regard to payment of minimum wages to workers.

T. Anand Raj,

Chennai

This is purely a technical exoneration and has nothing to do with the merits of the case against the diplomat. The fact remains that she entered into an agreement with her domestic help without any intention to honour it and then violated it. None of the charges have been disproved. Would the government of India have shown the same alacrity in vociferously defending the accused if the case had been against any other Indian citizen residing abroad? The least that the government can do now is to reprimand Ms. Khobragade for her inequities rather than portraying her as a martyr.

T.S. Krishnamurthy,

Chennai