Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade was subjected to a humiliating strip search and was kept in a cell with drug addicts after her arrest for alleged visa fraud. New job won't save stripsearch Indian diplomat from prosecution.The U.S. Justice Department confirmed that Khobragade was stripsearched after her arrest. The arrest and stripsearch of India's deputy consul general in New York triggered an escalating diplomat dispute on Tuesday. Devyani Khobragade, arrested in New York on charges of visa fraud, was put through both strip and cavity searches, procedures normally used for criminals. Devyani Khobragade, arrested in New York on charges of visa fraud, was put through both strip and cavity searches, procedures normally used for criminals. Khobragade's arrest set off protests in India after disclosures that she was handcuffed and stripsearched. Devyani Khobragade, India's deputy consul general in New York, was arrested Thursday on charges that she lied on a visa application. Devyani's political affiliations or property deals in India does not justify illtreatment meted out to her in USA. The barriers would offer some protection against a suicidebomb attack.