A Chinese state-run daily today alleged that the Indian diplomat, who had collapsed in a court last Saturday, had tried to "secretly" take away two detained Indian nationals under the "pretence of going to the toilet". 

Reports that Indian diplomat, S Balachandran from Consulate in Shanghai fainted after being denied food and medicines and manhandled were "wrong", a report in the Global Times website said.

"The reports distorted the facts, and no injuries actually happened", it quoted an official with the local Yiwu government as saying. 

The two Indians Shaymsunder Agrawal and Deepak Raheja refused to pay more than 10 million yuan (USD 1.59 million) for goods they had received, the official said. They were kidnapped on December 15 by Chinese traders at Yiwu. "During the interval at the hearing, the diplomat planned to take away the two Indians secretly under the pretence of going to the toilet. "But they were stopped by suppliers at the court's exit," the report said.

When the officials arrived, they found the diplomat sitting on the ground and claiming that he had been beaten. But physical checks afterwards showed no signs of a beating, the Times report said quoting sources.

Yesterday, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Hong Lei had refuted reports that the diplomat was denied access to food and water in the court. "The reports did not tally with the facts," he had told a media briefing.

Both Agrawal and Raheja are now in a hotel in Shanghai.