Kerala government today dismissed claims that beef curry was served at Kerala Bhawan in New Delhi and said that a complaint has been lodged over entry of activists without permission following the episode yesterday involving a call to police complaining about cow meat on the canteen menu.


Kerala Chief Secretary Jiji Thomson categorically denied that cow meat was served at Kerala Bhawan and said they will wait for "police action" in the wake of their complaint over the incident.


"I totally deny that cow meat was served here (canteen of Kerala House). Only buffalo meat is served," Thomson said. However, in the light of the events yesterday, Kerala Bhawan has temporarily taken buffalo meat off its menu. Noting that the Resident Commissioner of Kerala House has lodged a police complaint, Thomson further said, "we will wait for police action".


"I was told that some persons gate-crashed into Kerala House yesterday, the police had also entered. The resident commissioner has made a complaint to the DCP over their (gate- crashers') entry. We will wait for the police's action now," he said.


A PCR call complaining about beef curry being served at Kerala House near Jantar Mantar here had thrown police into a tizzy yesterday.