An Indian restaurant has resumed sales of the beef kebabs it has been making for more than a century, two months after being forced to take the famous dish off the menu under pressure from Hindu hardliners. A resulting police crackdown led to the state’s meat-producing industry grinding to a virtual halt, even though most businesses were producing beef using buffalo rather than cow meat. For two months, Tundey Kebabi was forced to use chicken or goat meat, to the horror of its loyal customers. “It is business as usual for us.”Customers have flocked to the restaurant since sales restarted this week. “There was no point in having mutton or chicken kebabs at Tundey’s, but now when the authentic beef kebabs are back, I will certainly visit,” said local housewife Viti Kumar.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 17, 2017 13:52 UTC