Indian diplomat in the US, Devyani Khobragade has left for India. She was indicted yesterday for visa fraud and making false statements but permitted to leave the US as she was accorded diplomatic immunity. In a letter to the New York District Judge Shira Scheindlin, US Attorney Preet Bharara said that the charges against 39-year-old Khobragade will remain and she will have to face trial, if she returns to the US without diplomatic immunity.

Bharara said the grand jury has indicted the diplomat on two counts of visa fraud and making false statements in connection with the visa application of her domestic help Sangeeta Richard.

While boarding the plane back to India, Devyani said in New York that the charges against her are false and baseless and she looks forward to proving them wrong.

External Affairs Ministry Spokesman Syed Akbaruddin said, Devyani has been transfered to New Delhi.

Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh has expressed happiness over Devyani's return to India.

Meanwhile, Devyani Khobragade's domestic worker Sangeeta Richard has said that she had tried to return to India because of the treatment meted out to her while she was working for Khobragade. Her statement was released by the anti-trafficking group Safe Horizon, which is representing her in the case against Ms. Khobragade. Ms. Richard said, because of this treatment, she intended to return to India but that request was denied.