India, March 17 -- The United Kingdom's Metropolitan Police has addressed the arrest of an Indian-origin restaurant owner whose establishment had become the target of protests over the last few weeks. Harman Singh Kapoor's decision to not sell halal meat at his London restaurant Rangrez, coupled with his use of offensive language to describe a religious community, has made him the subject of many protests.

Last Saturday, Kapoor was briefly detained by the Metropolitan Police after protesters gathered outside his restaurant in London. The arrest sparked outrage from a section of the internet that questioned why the restaurateur should have been arrested simply for refusing to sell halal meat.

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