Estranged wife of Indian diplomat now wants to return

London, Feb 23 (PTI) Paromita Verma, the estranged wife
of former Indian diplomat in the Indian High Commission Anil
Verma, has withdrawn her application from the British Home
Ministry seeking permission to stay in the UK indefinitely on
humanitarian grounds.
A British Home Office source said "Mrs Verma has withdrawn
her application."
The application was yet to come up for consideration.
Paromita had moved the application after a fracas with
her husband on a frivolous issue of a Christmas tree and in
the fracas, Verma allegedly hit her after she punched him.
Following adverse publicity in a British newspaper, the
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) demanded that Verma be
either stripped off his diplomatic immunity or be recalled.
The Indian government opted for the latter; and Verma
left London on January 21.
The FCO, then, gave Paromita 31 days to depart from the
UK. But she circumvented this notice by applying for extension
of her stay to the Home Office.
The Home Office's position was: "The rules are that if an
individual who is here as a diplomatic dependent submits a
separate application, then they are allowed to remain here
whilst that application is processed, and whilst any appeals
take place."