WASHINGTON:
A video currently in circulation on the social media, which claims to be
allegedly showing the CCTV footage of the strip search of Indian diplomat
Devyani Khobragade after her arrest in New York is a hoax, dangerous and
provocative fabrication, the United States has said.
"This
video, which we are aware of, is absolutely not footage of Ms.Khobragade. We
would call it a dangerous and provocative fabrication," State Department
Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf said yesterday.
A
1999-batch IFS officer, Khobragade, India's Deputy Consul General in New York,
was arrested on charges of making false declarations in a visa application for
her maid Sangeeta Richard. She was released on a USD 250,000 bond.
The
39-year-old diplomat 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 last month.
The
alleged video shows law enforcement officials strip searching a woman in
custody. The woman is seen screaming, while she is being searched by police.
"This
hoax video, which I think has appeared on some news websites without obviously
confirming its authenticity, because it's not, we find it deeply troubling,
irresponsible and reckless and condemn, again, this dangerous fabrication. I
want to make very clear this is not video of her," Harf said. Harf said
the State Department spoke with the US Marshals Service on this issue.
"They
confirm that the footage in question does not depict US marshal employees,
obviously that the search methods depicted in the video are not US marshals'
policy. I haven't watched the video myself. But I want to be very clear in
saying this is not how we do things here," she said.
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