The owner of award winning Indian restaurants in United Kingdom has been charged with manslaughter of a customer who passed away following an allergic reaction after consuming curry which contained peanuts.

38-year-old Paul Wilson was killed by anaphylactic shock after eating the curry he brought from a takeaway. It is believed that the curry had nuts, said a report.

Recently, restaurant owner Mohammed Khalique Zaman was charged with manslaughter by gross negligence over the tragic incident.

This case is one of its kind. Wilson, a resident of Thirsk, North Yorkshire, had brought the meal from The Indian Garden in January last year. This was before the introduction of law according to which the food businesses are required to provide allergy information on unpacked food.

Trading Standards have stared clamping down on restaurants which use ground peanuts instead of ground almonds but do not disclose it. The Trading Standards had also tackled similar cases in the past.

In December, the EU legislation came into action which makes it compulsory for the restaurants to declare if the food contains allergens.

Peter Mann, head of the CPS complex casework unit informed that after sufficient investigation it had concluded that there was enough evidence and it was in public interest to charge the restaurant owner.

Originally the police had arrested two men-Zaman and another employee. The other man was later released without any charge. Zaman has also been charged with employment offence under the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 and preventing the course of justice. The 52-year-old accused will appear before the Northallerton Magistrates' tomorrow.