Delhi police commissioner BS Bassi reacts to the severe criticism the police came in for swooping in on Kerala House over the complaint about beef being on the menu.

Bassi said, "We acted according to the law under the Delhi Agricultural Cattle Preservation Act,1994. W were well within our domain."


The 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.

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"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.


Pic: VHP activist Prateesh Vishwanath posted a picture of the menu at the Kerala Bhavan saying, "This is the board in delhi kerala house .. Openly selling beef ... Let us see."
The entry in Malayalam after fish fry reads 'beef fry'. However the restaurant supervisor said they were in fact serving buffalo meat, but the menu read beef.