Indian diplomat's daughter files $1.5m suit against New York City

[roadrunner]

The real culprit who confessed was just suspended from the school and not even arrested. So there in lies the discrimination. Shouldn't a culprit of a crime get a stringent punishment than one who is just a suspect?

there's truth in that. but it's up to the receiver of the email to ask for charges.

 

[kak1978]

there's truth in that. but it's up to the receiver of the email to ask for charges.

The moment they reported this to the police they have asked for charges. Now you cannot customize your complain based on if the suspect is a foreigner or not.

 

[LaBong]

It's amazing to see how xenophobia can blur peoples' ability of rational thinking.

 

[roadrunner]

The moment they reported this to the police they have asked for charges. Now you cannot customize your complain based on if the suspect is a foreigner or not.

you can withdraw charges.

 

[RayBan]

shocking .......

hah! not at all, frustration is contagious you see.

 

[SQ8]

shocking .......

Perhaps I was overboard.. but a certain section of members needs to stick to topics and not drag in issues from here and there.

 

[Urbanized Greyhound]

The important point being she was innocent and wrongfully arrested .....and they did not give her the right to a lawyer immediately as they would have any other suspect.

Its quite clearly on the face of it , a racial issue .

 

[ZhengHe]

She is smart!

 

[ephone]

only $1.5m?

I think she should sue NYC for at least $100m.

NEW YORK: An Indian diplomat's daughter is suing New York City's government for $1.5 million for what she claims was a wrongful arrest on the suspicion of sending obscene emails to her teacher in Queens' John Browne High School.

Krittika Biswas, daughter of the vice counsel at the Indian Consulate in Manhattan, Debashish Biswas, also claims that she was ill-treated in prison.

Biswas alleged that she was not allowed to use the bathroom for a long-time when she was in custody at the 107th precinct. "Eventually, I had to go in front of everyone," Biswas said, referring to a small toilet that was in the cell occupied by other persons.

Her lawyer Rajiv Batra said that her more than 24-hour arrest on February 8 was a violation of international law, federal law as well as state and city law. Batra said that neither Debashish Biswas, father of the girl, nor the Consulate General of India, Prabhu Dayal, were informed of the arrest.

Batra also claimed that Biswas, 18, had diplomatic immunity that prevented her from being arrested. But the Consulate General said that US authorities informed him that the immunity did not extend to family members of the diplomat. "That did not cut any ice," said.

It later emerged that Biswas did not send the emails and the school authorities eventually allowed her back to the school after the real culprit was found.

"They based it (the arrest) on basically nothing," Krittika Biswas said, adding that the school did not suspend or arrest the Chinese student who actually sent the emails. "I don't know why he wasn't arrested... the principal pushed for my arrest."

Biswas said that a cop told her that if she didn't confess, she would have to spend time in prison with prostitutes and persons with HIV. "I was sitting there (school) with handcuffs on," she said.

The handcuffs, Batra added, were so tight that "they were like a torture device."

The New York Police Department did not respond to calls and an email seeking a response.

Batra lashed out at principal Howard Kwait and the teacher Jamie Kim Ross, who was the recipient of the emails. "They did not do the due diligence before getting her arrested," he said. "They were dead wrong."

Krittika said that she couldn't drink water from a water fountain because it had another person's vomit, and although it was really cold, she could not use the blanket because it was really dirty.

Dayal said that Krittika deserved compensation from the government. "She has undergone mental torture and physical torture," he said. "This has scarred her mind for the rest of he life.

Dayal stressed, however, that the incident has no bearing on Indo-US relations. "This is an aberration... a wrongful act of local officials," he said.

Batra suggested that Mayor Michael Bloomberg give Biswas "a key to the city" to "unruffle some of the ruffled feathers."

Indian diplomat's daughter files $1.5m suit against New York City - The Times of India

 

[DesiGuy]

This school is just few miles from my home!!!!!!!!!

some of my friends go in this school as well!!!!!!!!

one of the worst school ever though...........!

 

[fallstuff]

She has diplomatic immunity as the daughter of the vice-consul. The cops probably thought she was being a smart-.

 

[President Camacho]

It's amazing to see how xenophobia can blur peoples' ability of rational thinking.

It is not xenophobia. If it were, they would have taken similar prompt action against the real culprit who happens to be a Chinese. He wasn't even suspended. It is a simple case of finding the right kind of accused who they thought won't make any noise. They were a bit too wrong there.

 

[harpoon]

So the clean well appointed police stations, glass walled interrogation rooms and well mannered cops of CSI are all a lie

 

[TruthSeeker]

So the clean well appointed police stations, glass walled interrogation rooms and well mannered cops of CSI are all a lie

The nice police facilities are reserved for our American politicians. Everyone else gets dirty blankeys and vomit infested drinking fountains.

 

[Pak_Sher]

We also have to get the NY City PD side of the story. Indian girl claiming ..., Indian lawyer, Indian Journalist of MSNBC talking about it too. We have heard the Indian side, lets wait to hear the other side.

NY City is very diverse and they do not discriminate against people like that.