Manhattan Attorney Preet Bharara under scanner for 'targeting Indians'

December 18, 2013 12:28

The row between Washington and New Delhi over the arrest of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade has brought into focus the role of Preet Bharara, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York.

Mail circulating among the South Block officials shows Bharara has come under the scanner for targeting people of Indian origin.

Before spearheading the arrest proceedings in Devyani's case, Bharara had hit the headlines for prosecuting former McKinsey MD Rajat Gupta for insider trading charge. Read more

Also see: Preet Bharara, the man who makes Wall Street tremble

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