Kerala House Not a Hotel, Police Must Show Some Restraint: Chandy

Slamming the Delhi police for raiding the Kerala House, CM Chandy said he will take up the issue with the centre.

Delhi Police outside Kerala House in Delhi. (Photo: ANI screengrab)

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Tuesday took strong exception to Delhi police’s action at state-owned Kerala House in Delhi over beef served at its canteen. Chandy told the media in Kozhikode that the police should have shown restraint.

<p>The state guest house is not a hotel. The police should have followed certain guidelines while raiding a canteen at a government guest house. We would make our protest formal by writing to Delhi government</p>

<p>— Oommen Chandy, Kerala Chief Minister</p>

A call to the police control room (PCR) complaining about beef curry being served at Kerala House near Jantar Mantar threw the police into a tizzy on Monday. A team was sent there to avert any “untoward incident”.

The policemen took no chance and the input was immediately passed on to Parliament Street police station, from where a team was sent to Kerala House to deal with any potential violence, said the official.