At the request of the government of India, the United States will withdraw one official from its embassy in New Delhi over tensions involving a case surrounding an Indian diplomat.The decision comes as Devyani Khobragade, whose December arrest and strip search in New York strained ties between New Delhi and Washington, headed back to India.State Department spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki said she hopes this will help gain closure in the incident.U.S. prosecutors accuse Khobragade of lying in a visa application about how much she paid her housekeeper. She was indicted this week by a federal grand jury on one count of visa fraud and one count ofmaking false statements.Her house keeper has also publicly come out to criticizeher.The Indian government denied a request by the State Department to waive Khobragade's diplomatic immunity so she can answer the charges, U.S. and Indian officials said. The immunity was granted after her controversial arrest.Khobragade arrived at the New Delhi airport Friday, according to an Indian official who is not authorized tospeak to the media. The Indian Ministry of External Affairs said earlier in the day that she had left the United States.Khobragade told CNN, through an intermediary, that the charges against her "are false and baseless.""I look forward to demonstrating that to all of you," she said through the intermediary.Khobragade "affirmed her determination to ensure thatthe episode would not leave a lasting impact on her family, in particular, her children, who are still in the United States," the ministry said.
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