Hindu Sena leader Vishnu Gupta, whose complaint about beef being served in New Delhi's Kerala House canteen leading to a massive controversy, was arrested on Wednesday evening. Several teams of Delhi Police had visited the Kerala House canteen on Monday evening following the complaint, which was seen as yet another case of paranoia over cow meat.

Investigation later revealed that it was buffalo meet, and not cow, that was on the menu. The popular 'carabeef', meanwhile, has returned to the menu at canteen after massive uproar by Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and his counterparts in Delhi and West Bengal.

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The Delhi Police action had triggered allegations of "intolerance" and an attack on the federal structure by Chandy and other opposition leaders. In its defence, Delhi Police said they visited Kerala House only to prevent any tension or untoward incident.

Chandy meanwhile urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to instruct Home Minister Rajnath Singh to take action against the police officers who "raided" the Kerala House. Delhi Police is under the control of the central government.

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Hindu Sena leader Vishnu Gupta Hindu Sena leader Vishnu Gupta

Parliamentarians from Kerala on Tuesday protested the "beef raid" at the Kerala House, calling it an "infringement on the rights of the people". "This is a property of people and government of Kerala. We condemn this police action," said A Sampath, who represents Attingal constituency.

"This is all a part of Sangh Parivar agenda. This is an attempt to stoke communal tension. They will not succeed in imposing these things (restrictions) in Kerala since they don't have any foothold there," he added.

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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Sanjay Singh and Ashutosh have also visited Kerala House and condemned police's action. "No one has given them the right to hurt people's sentiments. If there is any problem related to food, then it is the job of the food inspector to inquire about it. This is not Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi's job. Even (Minister of State for Home) Kiren Rijiju had admitted on camera that he consumes beef. Will Bassi go and arrest him? A lot of MPs consume beef," said Singh.

Rijiju was quoted as saying by a newspaper that he ate beef, but later retracted his comment saying he was misquoted.