NEW DELHI: The United States (US) and India ended a month-long feud over a diplomat who was arrested, strip-searched and charged in New York for visa fraud with a deal on Friday allowing the envoy to fly home.

The row began on December 12 when consulate official Devyani Khobragade was arrested on suspicion of filing false documents to obtain a visa for her domestic servant and then underpaying her.

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