A New York judge has set Manhattan District Attorney Preet Bharara a January 31 deadline to respond to a plea forwarded by Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade with regard to an alleged visa fraud case.
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Bharara has reportedly been asked to file his opposition to the motion submitted by Khobragade seeking dismissal of the indictment against her on visa fraud charges.
 Khobragade&rsquo;s lawyer Daniel Arshack had on January 14, filed a 13-page motion in US District Court on 39-year-old diplomat&rsquo;s behalf seeking dismissal of the indictment, termination of conditions of her bail and of any &ldquo;open&rdquo; arrest warrants or requests for her extradition over the charges.
India-born Bharara wrote to US District Judge Shira Scheindlin on Friday seeking January 31 as the deadline to file the government&rsquo;s opposition brief and permission that the response be of up to 25 pages in length.

A New York judge has set Manhattan District Attorney Preet Bharara a January 31 deadline to respond to a plea forwarded by Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade with regard to an alleged visa fraud case.

Devyani Khobragade row: Preet Bharara gets Jan 31 deadline

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