london anil verma a senior indian diplomat at the high commission here has been accused of assaulting his wife but he is escaping prosecution by british police by claiming diplomatic immunity media reports here said reports said vermas wifes screams one night from their official residence in golders green in the upmarket neighbourhood of hampstead was reported by neighbours to the police the police confirmed they had been called in and questioned verma but did not make an arrestin delhi mea spokesperson vishnu prakash said both the ministry and the high commission were looking into the incident and treading carefully because of the sensitive and personal details involved the reports said verma attacked his wife after a heated exchange between themverma is one of the three seniormost diplomats in the high commission in london and responsible for economic relations between india and uk which are considerable hes been at his current job since 2007 and before that he was private secretary to pranab mukherjee finance minister and formerly foreign minister verma is a senior bureaucrat from the west bengal cadreas of now verma minister economic affairs is not known to have voluntarily offered to return to india nor has he been recalled but such a possibility cannot be ruled out breaking the story the daily mail newspaper reported that neighbours heard vermas wife screaming in the quiet hampstead garden suburb area in the northwest part of the british capital they phoned the police who then visited the couples home officers of the golders green police station reportedly questioned verma but could not take any further action as he enjoys diplomatic immunity scotland yard however informed the british foreign ministry about the mattera scotland yard spokesman confirmed at 930 am on december 11 following reports of an assault at an address at corringham road nw11 a man in his 40s was spoken to by officers no arrests were madea spokesman for the indian mission said we are carefully looking into the incident it involves sensitive and personal issues pertaining to individuals it is premature to make any further comment at this stage it is now expected that this matter will be resolved between husband and wife to their mutual satisfaction