THE efforts of the Hindu fundamentalist forces to do cultural policing in the name of cow-protection faced a major setback on in Delhi after Kerala House's staff-run restaurant, Smrudhi, re-introduced beef on their menu. The Delhi Police, which acted on the basis of 'information received over phone that cow meat is served in the restaurant' and sent a team to raid the place was caught on the wrong foot for dancing to the tune of fundamentalist forces. Without bothering to check with the Resident Commissioner who is the custodian of the restaurant, a contingent of over 30 police personnel barged into the restaurant on October 26 evening to enquire whether cow meat was served there. Following this, the Kerala House authorities decided to withdraw beef from the menu though it was only buffalo meat that was being served. CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Pinarayi Vijayan said the action of the fundamentalist forces and the police was a direct attack on the food culture and self-esteem of every Keralite. Pinarayi Vijayan, CPI(M) MP's PK Sreemathy, A Sampath and C P Narayanan staged a dharna in front of Kerala House.