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| Indian Diplomat's Daughter Wins $22 |
| Indian Diplomat's Daughter Wins $225,000 Settlement from New York City
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| INDIA
, 19-September-2014
3:31:19 AM |
| An Indian diplomat's daughter who was suspended, arrested and forced to spend a day in jail during her senior year in February 2011 on cyber-bullying charges, has won a $225,000 settlement from New York City.
The settlement agreement, approved by Manhattan federal judge John Koetl, also praised Krittika Biswas, daughter of Debashish Biswas, former vice consul at the Indian consulate here for being an honour student while at John Bowne High School in Queens.
"We have vindicated Krittika's honour, the Indian diplomat's honour, and India's honour in the US," her lawyer Ravi Batra said Thursday.
Biswas, now 21, was accused of sending profane and threatening e-mails to her teachers. The charges were dropped after a male classmate was found to have sent the emails.
Alleging that the investigation leading to her arrest was a "sham", and lacking any real evidence, she had initially sought $1.5 million in her 2012 suit against New York City.
Also included in the suit were the city's Department of Education, her school's principal Howard Kwait, and teacher Jamie Kim-Ross.
Biswas, who has since moved back to India, had initially demanded a key to the city after being arrested but did not include the request in her suit.
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