New Delhi: Beef has been removed from the menu at the Kerala House here following raids carried out by the Delhi police on Monday evening.
Authorities said cow meat was not served in the restaurant and a misunderstanding led to the raid.
Condemning the raid, CPM leader Pinarayi Vijayan said the same persons who murdered Mohammad Akhlaq at Dadri have entered the kitchen of Kerala House in search of cow meat.
In a post on his Facebook page, he said the same persons may enter any kitchen in the country.
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy too condemned the incident.
A team of nearly 30 police personnel had raided the Samridhi canteen run by staff at Kerala House in search of cow meat. However, they could not find anything. Following the raids, police protection has been sought, said authorities.
A Keralite and two from Karnataka informed the police that cow meat is being sold here illegally. In the menu, beef was written in Malayalam and the rest were in English. Hence they alleged that the restaurant is selling cow meat.
In the meanwhile, they tried to take the picture of the menu when the staff questioned them. The staff said it was not cow meat and buffalo meat and a wordy duel created a tense situation.
The police team reached the spot around 4.30 pm. Police said they arrived at spot upon receiving information about the tense atmosphere. However, the security personnel stopped them saying that entry is restricted in the complex belonging to Kerala government. .
At this juncture, mentioning the sale of beef, they entered he restaurant with the permission of authorities for a search.
Owing to the developments, the authorities later decided to take beef off the menu.