Rat, roaches in dal makhani: UP lawyer’s Barbeque Nation nightmare

Mumbai: A visiting lawyer from Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj received his dinner order from Barbeque Nation here, which contained a dead rat and some roaches, he said in his social media posts.

Adv. Rajeev Shukla, 35, had arrived in Mumbai and ordered a vegetarian meal parcel, ‘Classic Veg. Meal Box Regular’, costing around Rs 641, on January 8, from the Worli outlet of Barbeque Nation.

Shukla, a pure vegetarian Brahmin, discovered a dead rat and some roaches while eating the 'dal makhani' in the meal packet.

He suffered food poisoning, leading to over three days of treatment at BMC’s BYL Nair Hospital.

Shukla also sent an email to Barbeque Nation alerting them to the issue of adulterated food of which he had consumed a significant portion before discovering the rat and the roaches.

He claimed that the Nagpada Police Station was not lodging the FIR against Barbeque Nation, and he has tagged along Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers Amit Shah and Piyush Goyal, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis and others to highlight his plight.

His serial posts read: “I Rajeev shukla (pure vegetarian) from Prayagraj visited Mumbai, on 8Jan'24 night ordered veg meal box from BARBEQUE NATION, worli outlet that contained a dead mouse, hospitalised for 75+ hours.complaint has not been lodged at nagpada police station yet.

“I wanted to explore Mumbai and so I did, coming all the way from Prayagraj but possibly, this might be my last trip. I am a Brahmin and a pure vegetarian, but when my Barbeque Nation order arrived, it gave me the shock of my life. The food contained a dead rat and cockroaches. I suffered food poisoning and got admitted to Nair hospital," he said.

So far, there has been no reaction from Barbeque Nation.

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