New Delhi: India on Tuesday said domestic violence allegations against chief trade diplomat in Britain Anil Verma will be thoroughly investigated after he returns and action will be taken according to the laws of the land.
"Once the officer is back, the matter will be thoroughly investigated," spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs Vishnu Prakash told mediapersons here.
Action will be taken according to the law of the land, he said.
Verma, the third senior-most Indian diplomat and minister (economic) at the Indian High Commission in Britain, had reportedly sought immunity from prosecution after being questioned by British police over claims that he assaulted his wife in December last year.
The diplomat allegedly attacked his wife on December 11 in an argument at their home in an upmarket area of northwest London, Britain's Mail on Sunday newspaper reported.
Police were called after neighbours heard his wife, Paromita Verma, scream and saw her run out into the street with blood streaming from her nose, the paper said.
The diplomat reportedly became angry by the fact there was a Christmas tree in the house which had been given to the family by one of his wife's relatives.
Paromita Verma has now gone into hiding with the couple's five-year-old son and applied to remain in Britain on humanitarian grounds, added the Mail.
Police in London confirmed they were called to an address in the northwest of the city following reports of an assault.
"A woman suffered a minor facial injury. A man in his 40s was spoken to by officers at the address. There was no arrest," said a police spokesman.